{"id":64200,"date":"2025-08-20T21:08:42","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T21:08:42","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-10-02T00:14:31","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T06:14:31","slug":"cve-2025-48293-critical-php-remote-file-inclusion-vulnerability-in-dylan-kuhn-geo-mashup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-48293-critical-php-remote-file-inclusion-vulnerability-in-dylan-kuhn-geo-mashup\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-48293: Critical PHP Remote File Inclusion Vulnerability in Dylan Kuhn Geo Mashup<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The cybersecurity world is facing yet another critical vulnerability, this time in the form of a PHP Remote File Inclusion flaw in Dylan Kuhn&#8217;s Geo Mashup plugin. This vulnerability, indexed as CVE-2025-48293, affects all versions of the plugin up to and including 1.13.16. This is a significant issue due to the widespread use of Geo Mashup and the high <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-53546-high-severity-vulnerability-in-folo-s-github-workflow\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"73412\">severity of the vulnerability<\/a>, which if exploited, could lead to system compromise or data leakage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-48293<br \/>\nSeverity: Critical (CVSS: 9.8)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Network<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: None<br \/>\nUser Interaction: None<br \/>\nImpact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-21432-memory-corruption-vulnerability-resulting-in-potential-system-compromise-or-data-leakage\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"76584\">System compromise or data<\/a> leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-3020717165\" 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>Dylan Kuhn Geo Mashup | Up to and including 1.13.16<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This vulnerability stems from the improper control of filename for Include\/Require Statement in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-6754-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-in-seo-metrics-plugin-for-wordpress\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"72745\">PHP Program of the Geo<\/a> Mashup plugin. An attacker can exploit this flaw by providing a specially crafted filename that causes the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-54689-high-risk-php-remote-file-inclusion-vulnerability-in-urna\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"76583\">PHP interpreter to include a file from a remote<\/a> server. The malicious file can be designed to execute <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-30327-integer-overflow-vulnerability-in-incopy-leading-to-potential-arbitrary-code-execution\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"73685\">arbitrary PHP code<\/a> under the context of the target application, leading to a complete system compromise.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-1552076026\" 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>Here&#8217;s an example of how a potential attack might look, with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2024-9408-server-side-request-forgery-attack-in-eclipse-glassfish\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"77391\">attacker sending a GET request<\/a> to a vulnerable URL:<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">GET \/wp-content\/plugins\/geo-mashup\/load.php?geo_mashup_content=..\/..\/..\/..\/..\/malicious_file HTTP\/1.1\nHost: target.example.com<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In the above example, `malicious_file` would be a file hosted on a remote server and designed to execute arbitrary PHP <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-47168-use-after-free-vulnerability-in-microsoft-office-word-allowing-unauthorized-code-execution\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"73142\">code when included by the vulnerable<\/a> application.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mitigation and Remediation Guidance<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Users are strongly advised to apply the vendor-supplied patch for this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-54742-data-deserialization-vulnerability-in-wpevently-leading-to-possible-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"86525\">vulnerability as soon as possible<\/a>. If immediate patching is not feasible, a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or Intrusion Detection System (IDS) can be used as a temporary mitigation measure to detect and prevent exploitation attempts. However, these measures should only be considered temporary as they do not <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-58280-object-heap-address-exposure-vulnerability-in-ark-ets\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"87258\">address the underlying vulnerability<\/a>.<br \/>\nIn addition to these measures, it is always recommended to follow best practices for secure <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-6204-code-injection-vulnerability-in-delmia-apriso\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"73993\">coding to prevent such vulnerabilities<\/a> from being introduced in the first place. This includes proper handling and sanitization of user input, and avoiding the use of dangerous PHP functions like `include` or `require` with user-supplied data.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview The cybersecurity world is facing yet another critical vulnerability, this time in the form of a PHP Remote File Inclusion flaw in Dylan Kuhn&#8217;s Geo Mashup plugin. This vulnerability, indexed as CVE-2025-48293, affects all versions of the plugin up to and including 1.13.16. 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