CVE-2025-47474
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 Ninetheme Anarkali anarkali allows PHP Local File Inclusion.This issue affects Anarkali: from n/a through <= 1.0.9.
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 · moderate confidenceA Local File Inclusion (LFI) vulnerability exists in Ninetheme Anarkali version 1.0.9 and earlier. The application fails to properly validate or sanitize user-supplied input used in PHP include/require statements, allowing attackers to manipulate file paths and potentially read sensitive server files or achieve code execution.
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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
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/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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Identify if Ninetheme Anarkali is installedLocate the theme files, typically in a WordPress wp-content/themes/anarkali directory or similar web root path. Check for a style.css or theme.json file containing 'Anarkali' or 'Ninetheme' in the theme header.Affected if The Ninetheme Anarkali theme is present in the web directory structure.
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Verify the installed versionOpen the theme's style.css file or theme.json and locate the 'Version:' declaration. Compare the version number against 1.0.9.Affected if The declared version is 1.0.9 or any version lower (e.g., 1.0.8, 1.0.7).
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Locate PHP include/require statementsSearch the theme's PHP files (especially header.php, footer.php, functions.php, and any template files) for 'include' and 'require' statements, including variants like include_once and require_once.Affected if The application uses dynamic include/require statements that incorporate variables.
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Inspect user input in file inclusion pathsExamine the include/require statements found and trace whether any $_GET, $_POST, $_REQUEST, or similar superglobal parameters are used directly in the file path without sanitization.Affected if User-supplied parameters (such as ?page=, ?file=, ?template=) are passed directly to include/require without validation or allowlisting.
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Test for LFI vulnerability exploitation potentialIf user input is used in inclusion, attempt to include a known local file using path traversal (e.g., ../../../../etc/passwd) via the identified parameter to see if the content is returned.Affected if The application returns contents of files outside the intended directory when path traversal sequences are used in the parameter.
A system is affected if it runs Ninetheme Anarkali version 1.0.9 or earlier AND uses include/require statements that incorporate unsanitized user input, allowing path manipulation.
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 an allowlist approach for file inclusion paths, avoid using user input directly in include/require statements, and consider using basename() or realpath() to normalize and validate file paths before inclusion.
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