CVE-2025-62029
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 themesion Grevo grevo.This issue affects Grevo: from n/a through <= 2.4.
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 Remote File Inclusion (RFI) vulnerability in the Grevo theme allows attackers to include remote PHP files through unsanitized user input, potentially achieving remote code execution on the server.
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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 Grevo theme is installedSearch your web application file system for theme directories or files named 'grevo', 'Grevo', or containing the theme's characteristic template structure. Check your CMS or web application's theme documentation or admin panel for the active theme name.Affected if Grevo theme is installed and active in the web application
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Check PHP allow_url_include settingRun 'php -i' from command line or create a PHP info page (<?php phpinfo(); ?]) and check the 'allow_url_include' directive value in the Core section.Affected if allow_url_include is set to On (enabled) in php.ini or per-directory .htaccess configuration
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Review PHP files handling include/require with user inputGrevo theme PHP files that accept file path parameters via GET/POST requests (e.g., ?file=, ?page=, ?template=) and pass them directly to include(), require(), include_once(), or require_once() functions without validation.Affected if User-controlled input flows directly to include/require statements without allowlist validation or sanitization
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Inspect web server access logs for RFI patternsSearch access logs (typically in /var/log/apache2/, /var/log/nginx/, or similar) for requests to Grevo theme PHP files containing URLs in parameter values, such as '?file=http://', '?page=ftp://', or '?template=https://'.Affected if Logs show attempts to include remote URLs through theme file parameters
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Check for suspicious files created from RFISearch the web document root for newly created PHP files with suspicious names (e.g., shell scripts, encoded backdoors) that do not match the original theme structure. Compare file timestamps to access log activity.Affected if Unknown PHP files exist that were created after potential RFI exploitation attempts
A user is affected if the Grevo theme is installed and processes user-supplied file path parameters in PHP include/require statements without strict validation, especially if PHP's allow_url_include is enabled.
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 whitelist-based validation for any file path parameters and disable allow_url_include in PHP configuration to prevent remote file inclusion attacks.
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