CVE-2025-69157
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 Gamic <= 1.15 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 · high confidenceUnauthenticated Local File Inclusion (LFI) vulnerability in Gamic versions 1.15 and below allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files on the server without authentication. This occurs due to improper input validation in file inclusion mechanisms, potentially exposing sensitive system files, configuration files, and source code.
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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 installed Gamic versionLocate the Gamic installation and check the version number in the software, typically found in an about page, version file, or configuration header (e.g., look for version strings in PHP/JS files or the admin dashboard)Affected if The installed version is 1.15 or lower
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Verify file inclusion endpoints are accessible without authenticationTest accessing common file inclusion endpoints (e.g., pages with 'include', 'require', 'load', or 'file' parameters in the URL) without providing any login credentialsAffected if File inclusion parameters can be accessed and processed without any authentication token or session
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Test for LFI by injecting path traversal sequencesSend requests with path traversal patterns (e.g., ../../../../etc/passwd or ..\..\..\windows\win.ini) to suspected file inclusion parameters and observe if file contents are returnedAffected if The application returns the contents of system files when path traversal sequences are used in parameters
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Check for vulnerable file inclusion code patternsReview source code for unsafe usage of include, require, include_once, require_once, readfile, file_get_contents, or similar functions where user input (GET/POST parameters) is passed directly without sanitizationAffected if File inclusion functions receive unsanitized user-supplied input
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Confirm sensitive file exposure is possibleAttempt to read known sensitive files such as configuration files containing database credentials, .env files, or application source code using the suspected LFI vectorsAffected if The application returns contents of configuration or sensitive files
A system is affected if it runs Gamic version 1.15 or lower AND has accessible file inclusion endpoints that can be exploited without authentication to read arbitrary 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 Gamic to a version newer than 1.15 once the vendor releases a patch. If immediate patching is not possible, implement strict input validation, disable allow_url_fopen/include_remote, and restrict file access controls to limit exposure.
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