{"id":55009,"date":"2025-06-25T00:45:07","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T00:45:07","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-08-30T04:39:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T10:39:10","slug":"cve-2025-49295-path-traversal-vulnerability-in-mikado-themes-mediclinic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-49295-path-traversal-vulnerability-in-mikado-themes-mediclinic\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-49295: Path Traversal Vulnerability In Mikado-Themes MediClinic<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-49415-path-traversal-vulnerability-in-fw-gallery-with-potential-for-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"62391\">vulnerability could have a significant impact on many systems<\/a> and needs immediate attention.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-49295<br \/>\nSeverity: High (CVSS: 8.1)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Network<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: Low<br \/>\nUser Interaction: Required<br \/>\nImpact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-6435-firefox-vulnerability-leading-to-potential-system-compromise-and-data-leakage\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"64832\">System compromise or data<\/a> leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-151638779\" 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>Mikado-Themes MediClinic | All versions up to and including 2.1<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Path Traversal vulnerability in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-6065-arbitrary-file-deletion-vulnerability-in-image-resizer-on-the-fly-wordpress-plugin\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"61425\">Mikado-Themes<\/a> 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 \u201cdot-dot-slash (..\/)\u201d sequences and its variations, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-49181-unauthorized-api-endpoint-access-leading-to-denial-of-service-and-data-leakage\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"61720\">leading to access<\/a> to arbitrary files and directories stored on the system servers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-2083453974\" 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>The following conceptual example <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-49526-out-of-bounds-write-vulnerability-in-illustrator-leading-to-arbitrary-code-execution\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"75263\">illustrates how the vulnerability<\/a> might be exploited:<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">GET \/path-to-mediclinic\/?page=..\/..\/etc\/passwd HTTP\/1.1\nHost: vulnerable-host.com<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In this example, the attacker uses the &#8220;..\/&#8221; sequence to escape out of the intended directory and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-28384-critical-directory-traversal-vulnerability-in-openc3-cosmos-6-0-0\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"61573\">traverse<\/a> to the \/etc\/passwd directory, a commonly targeted file in such attacks as it stores user password information on a Linux system.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mitigation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The most immediate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-5310-remote-code-execution-vulnerability-in-dover-fueling-solutions-progauge-maglink-lx-consoles\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"65549\">solution to address this vulnerability<\/a> 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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-45984-critical-command-injection-vulnerability-detected-in-blink-routers\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"61426\">detect and block attempts to exploit this vulnerability<\/a>.<br \/>\nIn the longer term, it is also recommended to review <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-28386-remote-code-execution-vulnerability-in-openc3-cosmos-v6-0-0\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"61451\">code for other potential path traversal vulnerabilities<\/a>, and to ensure input is properly sanitized and validated to prevent such vulnerabilities from arising in the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 [&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":[88],"product":[],"attack_vector":[85],"asset_type":[],"severity":[],"exploit_status":[],"class_list":["post-55009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","vendor-linux","attack_vector-directory-traversal"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55009","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=55009"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55009\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67841,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55009\/revisions\/67841"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55009"},{"taxonomy":"vendor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vendor?post=55009"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=55009"},{"taxonomy":"attack_vector","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/attack_vector?post=55009"},{"taxonomy":"asset_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/asset_type?post=55009"},{"taxonomy":"severity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/severity?post=55009"},{"taxonomy":"exploit_status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exploit_status?post=55009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}