CVE-2025-69136
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 Wanium <= 1.9.8 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 · moderate confidenceUnauthenticated Local File Inclusion vulnerability in Wanium PHP application versions 1.9.8 and below allows remote attackers to read sensitive server files via path traversal in HTTP parameters without any authentication.
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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Identify Wanium installationLocate the Wanium PHP application on the server. Common locations include web root directories (e.g., /var/www/html/, /var/www/, or C:\inetpub\wwwroot\). Look for files or directories containing 'wanium' in the name, or check the application's main PHP files for Wanium branding/version strings.Affected if Wanium PHP application is present on the server and is accessible via HTTP.
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Determine Wanium versionInspect Wanium version files or headers. Check the main index.php, README, or a dedicated version file within the Wanium installation for a version number. Compare the found version to 1.9.8 or lower.Affected if The installed Wanium version is 1.9.8 or lower.
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Verify HTTP accessibilityConfirm the Wanium application is accessible over HTTP/HTTPS by attempting to access the application's URL in a web browser or via curl/httpie from the server itself.Affected if The application responds to HTTP requests, meaning it is network-facing.
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Identify file inclusion endpointsReview application source code for PHP functions that include, require, or read files based on user input (e.g., include(), require(), file_get_contents(), readfile()). Search for HTTP parameters that might accept file paths, particularly those handling templates, pages, or includes.Affected if The application contains file inclusion functions using unsanitized HTTP parameters.
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Test for path traversal vulnerabilityIf file inclusion parameters are found, send crafted HTTP requests with path traversal sequences (e.g., ../../../../etc/passwd or ..\..\..\windows\win.ini) to the suspected parameter and observe if sensitive file contents are returned.Affected if The application returns contents of files outside the web root when path traversal sequences are provided in HTTP parameters.
A user is affected if Wanium PHP application version 1.9.8 or lower is installed and accessible via HTTP, with file inclusion functionality using unsanitized parameters that allow path traversal.
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 Wanium to a patched version if available, or implement strict input validation with whitelist approaches to block path traversal patterns in user-supplied file path parameters.
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