CVE-2025-69116
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 · uneditedUnauthenticated Local File Inclusion in Iona <= 1.0.8 versions.
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 · low confidenceUnauthenticated Local File Inclusion vulnerability in Iona version 1.0.8 and below allows remote attackers to potentially read sensitive files on the server filesystem without any authentication credentials.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
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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Check Iona CMS versionLocate the version file or admin dashboard version display in the Iona installation directory. Common locations include a version.php file, CHANGELOG, or the admin panel about page.Affected if The installed version is 1.0.8 or below, or if the version cannot be determined and the product is known to be Iona CMS.
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Identify file inclusion endpointsSearch the application source code for functions commonly used in file inclusion (include, require, include_once, require_once, fread with user input) and note the parameters that accept file paths.Affected if The application uses dynamic file inclusion with parameters derived from user input without sanitization.
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Verify unauthenticated access to file inclusion pointsAttempt to access the identified file inclusion endpoints without providing any authentication credentials (cookies, tokens, or login session).Affected if The file inclusion functionality is accessible without requiring any login or authentication.
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Test for path traversal in parametersSend requests to the file inclusion endpoints with path traversal sequences (such as ../../../../etc/passwd or ..\..\..\windows\system32\config\sam) in the affected parameters to see if arbitrary files can be read.Affected if The application returns the contents of files outside the intended directory, indicating the path traversal is not blocked.
The environment is affected if Iona CMS version 1.0.8 or below is installed, file inclusion endpoints accept user-controlled input without authentication, and path traversal sequences allow reading arbitrary server files.
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 dataUpgrade Iona to a version newer than 1.0.8 as soon as a patch is available. If immediate patching is not possible, restrict web server access and review file inclusion mechanisms.
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- Implementation4.0 h
- Testing3.0 h
- Review / QA2.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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