{"id":64247,"date":"2025-08-22T20:25:23","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T20:25:23","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-09-27T08:15:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T14:15:06","slug":"cve-2025-8142-local-file-inclusion-vulnerability-in-soledad-wordpress-theme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-8142-local-file-inclusion-vulnerability-in-soledad-wordpress-theme\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-8142: Local File Inclusion Vulnerability in Soledad WordPress Theme<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The CVE-2025-8142 is a significant security vulnerability impacting all versions up to and including 8.6.7 of the Soledad theme for WordPress. This vulnerability, categorized as a Local File Inclusion (LFI), allows authenticated attackers with Contributor-level access and above to exploit a flaw in the &#8216;header_layout&#8217; parameter and execute arbitrary .php files on the server. As a result, it poses severe risks to WordPress websites utilizing the Soledad theme, as it can potentially compromise system integrity, leak sensitive data, and even <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=\"73120\">allow unauthorized code<\/a> execution.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-8142<br \/>\nSeverity: High (8.8)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Network<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: Low (Contributor-level access)<br \/>\nUser Interaction: Required<br \/>\nImpact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-27055-memory-corruption-leads-to-potential-system-compromise-during-image-encoding\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"74286\">Potential system compromise<\/a> or data leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-677413640\" 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>Soledad <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-8592-wordpress-inspiro-theme-vulnerability-to-cross-site-request-forgery-csrf\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"85375\">WordPress Theme<\/a> | all versions up to and including 8.6.7<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The exploit works by the attacker injecting a malicious <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-54653-path-traversal-vulnerability-in-virtualization-file-module\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"78856\">file path<\/a> into the &#8216;header_layout&#8217; parameter of the Soledad WordPress theme. As the theme does not sufficiently sanitize the input for this parameter, an authenticated attacker can insert a path to an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-52239-arbitrary-file-upload-vulnerability-in-zkeacms-v4-1\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"74542\">arbitrary .php file that they have uploaded<\/a> to the server. When the server processes the &#8216;header_layout&#8217; parameter, it treats the malicious file path as a local one and includes the specified .php file <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-50754-stored-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability-leading-to-remote-code-execution-in-unisite-cms-5-0\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"74669\">leading to its execution<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-2211513397\" 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 a conceptual example of how the vulnerability might be exploited. This pseudocode represents a scenario in which the attacker uses an HTTP POST request to inject the path to their malicious <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-54689-high-risk-php-remote-file-inclusion-vulnerability-in-urna\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"76592\">.php file<\/a> into the &#8216;header_layout&#8217; parameter:<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">POST \/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php?action=soledad_ocdi_import_demo HTTP\/1.1\nHost: target.example.com\nContent-Type: application\/x-www-form-urlencoded\nheader_layout=..\/..\/uploads\/malicious.php<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In this example, `soledad_ocdi_import_demo` is the action that handles theme layout imports, `header_layout` is the vulnerable parameter, and `..\/..\/uploads\/malicious.php` is the path to the malicious .php <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-48148-unrestricted-file-upload-vulnerability-in-storekeeper-b-v-for-woocommerce\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"74971\">file uploaded<\/a> by the attacker.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mitigation Guidance<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The recommended mitigation strategy is to apply the vendor patch as soon as possible. If the patch cannot be applied immediately, using a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or Intrusion Detection System (IDS) can provide temporary mitigation. These tools can be configured to block or alert on attempts to exploit the &#8216;header_layout&#8217; parameter. However, these are only temporary solutions, and the definitive action against this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-6187-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-in-bsecure-wordpress-plugin\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"72971\">vulnerability is to update the Soledad WordPress<\/a> theme to a version that has fixed this issue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview The CVE-2025-8142 is a significant security vulnerability impacting all versions up to and including 8.6.7 of the Soledad theme for WordPress. This vulnerability, categorized as a Local File Inclusion (LFI), allows authenticated attackers with Contributor-level access and above to exploit a flaw in the &#8216;header_layout&#8217; parameter and execute arbitrary .php files on the server. 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