CVE-2025-24766
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedImproper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion') vulnerability in wproyal News Magazine X news-magazine-x allows PHP Local File Inclusion.This issue affects News Magazine X: from n/a through <= 1.2.37.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceA PHP Local File Inclusion (LFI) vulnerability in the wproyal News Magazine X theme (versions <= 1.2.37) allows attackers to include arbitrary local files via improper control of filename parameters in include/require statements. This stems from the theme's dynamic file inclusion logic not properly sanitizing user-supplied input before passing it to PHP's include/require functions.
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CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Confirm the News Magazine X theme is installedInspect the WordPress themes directory (wp-content/themes/) for a folder named 'news-magazine-x' or 'wproyal', or check the theme header in style.css for the theme nameAffected if The wproyal News Magazine X theme is present in the WordPress installation
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Determine the installed theme versionOpen the theme's style.css file in the theme root directory and locate the 'Version:' header fieldAffected if The version listed is 1.2.37 or any version lower than 1.2.37
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Search for dynamic file inclusion patternsExamine PHP files within the theme directory for include(), require(), include_once(), or require_once() statements that use variables in the file path, particularly looking for patterns like include($variable) or include($_GET[Affected if The theme contains include/require statements that dynamically build file paths using variables
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Verify if user input reaches file inclusion functionsTrace the variables used in include/require statements to determine if they receive input from $_GET, $_POST, $_REQUEST, or other user-controlled sources without proper sanitizationAffected if User-supplied parameters are passed directly to include/require functions without validation or sanitization
The environment is affected if the wproyal News Magazine X theme version 1.2.37 or lower is installed and contains PHP include/require statements that use unsanitized user input to determine which files to load.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataImplement strict input validation using a whitelist approach for allowed files, or use directory-based filtering with realpath() verification to ensure included files are within an expected directory. Avoid using user input directly in include/require statements.
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