Overview
The vulnerability identified as CVE-2025-49295 is an alarming security issue that affects MediClinic, a product of Mikado-Themes. This vulnerability, a Path Traversal type, allows PHP Local File Inclusion-a serious threat that could potentially lead to a system compromise or data leakage. Given the widespread use of Mikado-Themes MediClinic, this vulnerability could have a significant impact on many systems and needs immediate attention.
Vulnerability Summary
CVE ID: CVE-2025-49295
Severity: High (CVSS: 8.1)
Attack Vector: Network
Privileges Required: Low
User Interaction: Required
Impact: System compromise or data leakage
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Product | Affected Versions
Mikado-Themes MediClinic | All versions up to and including 2.1
How the Exploit Works
The Path Traversal vulnerability in Mikado-Themes MediClinic allows an attacker to include local files through PHP, which could lead to unauthorized access to sensitive information or even system compromise. The attacker can manipulate variables that reference files with the “dot-dot-slash (../)” sequences and its variations, leading to access to arbitrary files and directories stored on the system servers.
Conceptual Example Code
The following conceptual example illustrates how the vulnerability might be exploited:
GET /path-to-mediclinic/?page=../../etc/passwd HTTP/1.1
Host: vulnerable-host.comIn this example, the attacker uses the “../” sequence to escape out of the intended directory and traverse to the /etc/passwd directory, a commonly targeted file in such attacks as it stores user password information on a Linux system.
Mitigation
The most immediate solution to address this vulnerability is to apply the vendor-supplied patch. If the patch is not yet available or cannot be applied immediately, temporary mitigation can be achieved using a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or an Intrusion Detection System (IDS). These can be configured to detect and block attempts to exploit this vulnerability.
In the longer term, it is also recommended to review code for other potential path traversal vulnerabilities, and to ensure input is properly sanitized and validated to prevent such vulnerabilities from arising in the future.