{"id":54013,"date":"2025-06-22T10:15:28","date_gmt":"2025-06-22T10:15:28","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-07-07T05:27:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T11:27:14","slug":"cve-2025-39475-path-traversal-vulnerability-leading-to-php-local-file-inclusion-in-frenify-arlo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-39475-path-traversal-vulnerability-leading-to-php-local-file-inclusion-in-frenify-arlo\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-39475: Path Traversal Vulnerability Leading to PHP Local File Inclusion in Frenify Arlo<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE-2025-39475 is a critical vulnerability that affects Frenify Arlo, a widely used software system. This vulnerability involves a Path Traversal issue that allows for PHP Local File Inclusion, creating an avenue for potential malicious activities such as data leakage and system compromise. This vulnerability poses a significant risk to all users of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-49137-critical-vulnerability-in-hax-cms-php-prior-to-version-11-0-0\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"61949\">Frenify<\/a> Arlo from all versions up to and including 6.0.3. The widespread use of Arlo and the severity of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-5901-buffer-overflow-vulnerability-in-totolink-t10-leading-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"60524\">potential impacts make this vulnerability<\/a> a top-tier cybersecurity concern.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-39475<br \/>\nSeverity: High (CVSS score: 8.1)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Network<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: Low<br \/>\nUser Interaction: Required<br \/>\nImpact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-40912-critical-vulnerability-in-cryptx-for-perl-allows-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"60817\">Potential system<\/a> compromise and data leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-3866180619\" 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: 720px;\">\r\n  <h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; font-size: 22px; font-weight: 600; display: flex; align-items: center; letter-spacing: -0.02em;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"display: inline-flex; align-items: center; margin-right: 10px;\">\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: 42px; height: 42px;\" \/>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n    Share secrets securely\r\n  <\/h2>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 14px; color: #d1d5db;\">\r\n    Ameeba is private infrastructure for communication and sensitive work built on encrypted identity instead of exposed corporate identity systems.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 18px; color: #a1a1aa;\">\r\n    Passwords, credentials, confidential files, screenshots, internal discussions, sensitive AI context, and private coordination should not become exposed across ordinary communication platforms.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <ul style=\"list-style: none; padding-left: 0; margin-bottom: 24px; color: #e4e4e7;\">\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Encrypted identity<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Private Spaces for organizations and teams<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 End-to-end encrypted chat, calls, files, and notes<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Sensitive AI work and protected collaboration<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Built for information that cannot leak<\/li>\r\n  <\/ul>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 24px; color: #ffffff;\">\r\n    Our mission is to secure human work alongside AI.\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: 8px; font-weight: 500;\">\r\n      Download Ameeba\r\n    <\/a>\r\n\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ffffff; color: #ffffff; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 8px; font-weight: 500;\">\r\n      Learn More\r\n    <\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Product | Affected Versions<\/p>\n<p>Frenify Arlo | Up to and including 6.0.3<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The vulnerability involves a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-28992-remote-file-inclusion-vulnerability-in-sns-anton-php-program\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"60343\">Path Traversal issue that allows PHP Local File<\/a> Inclusion. This means that an attacker can manipulate variables that reference files with a &#8216;dot-dot-slash&#8217; (..\/) sequence, causing the software to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-6513-brain2-database-configuration-file-access-vulnerability-in-standard-windows-users\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"64513\">access files<\/a> or directories that are outside the restricted directory. This issue is particularly dangerous due to the ability to include <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-24768-critical-php-remote-file-inclusion-vulnerability-in-snstheme-nitan\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"60346\">PHP files<\/a> from any location, which can lead to remote code execution and potential system compromise.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-1868295344\" 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>To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker may send a malicious <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=\"63253\">HTTP request<\/a> similar to the following:<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">GET \/path-to-vulnerable-endpoint\/?file=..\/..\/etc\/passwd HTTP\/1.1\nHost: vulnerable-website.com<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In this example, the attacker manipulates the &#8216;file&#8217; parameter to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2024-38824-critical-directory-traversal-vulnerability-exposing-system-files\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"61200\">traverse up the directory<\/a> tree and include the \/etc\/passwd file. This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-3515-critical-arbitrary-file-upload-vulnerability-in-drag-and-drop-multiple-file-upload-for-contact-form-7-plugin\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"63251\">file contains sensitive information that forms<\/a> the basis for user identity verification on UNIX-like operating systems.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mitigation Guidance<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Given the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-5978-critical-vulnerability-in-tenda-fh1202-1-2-0-14-potentially-leading-to-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"61018\">potential for system<\/a> compromise or data leakage, it is recommended that users of Frenify Arlo update their software to the latest version where this vulnerability has been patched. If updating is not immediately possible, users can use a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or Intrusion Detection System (IDS) as a temporary measure to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-39486-rankie-sql-injection-vulnerability-and-mitigation-measures\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"63252\">mitigate this vulnerability<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview CVE-2025-39475 is a critical vulnerability that affects Frenify Arlo, a widely used software system. This vulnerability involves a Path Traversal issue that allows for PHP Local File Inclusion, creating an avenue for potential malicious activities such as data leakage and system compromise. This vulnerability poses a significant risk to all users of Frenify Arlo [&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":[85,80],"asset_type":[],"severity":[],"exploit_status":[],"class_list":["post-54013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","attack_vector-directory-traversal","attack_vector-rce"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54013","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=54013"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54013\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58015,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54013\/revisions\/58015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54013"},{"taxonomy":"vendor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vendor?post=54013"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=54013"},{"taxonomy":"attack_vector","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/attack_vector?post=54013"},{"taxonomy":"asset_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/asset_type?post=54013"},{"taxonomy":"severity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/severity?post=54013"},{"taxonomy":"exploit_status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exploit_status?post=54013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}