CVE-2026-32503
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 CreativeWS Trendustry trendustry allows PHP Local File Inclusion.This issue affects Trendustry: from n/a through <= 1.1.4.
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 confidenceThis is a PHP Local File Inclusion (LFI) vulnerability in CreativeWS Trendustry where user-supplied input is not properly validated before being used in include/require statements, allowing attackers to read sensitive files on the server via path traversal.
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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 Trendustry installationLocate the CreativeWS Trendustry installation directory on the server. Common paths include /var/www/html/, /www/, or the web root. Look for directories containing 'trendustry' or 'creativews' in the name.Affected if Trendustry is present on the server and uses PHP with user-controlled include/require statements
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Find PHP files using dynamic includesSearch the Trendustry codebase for include(), require(), include_once(), or require_once() statements that use variables or parameters in the file path. Use grep or similar: grep -r 'include\|require' --include='*.php' .Affected if Code contains dynamic include/require statements where the file path derives from user input (e.g., $_GET, $_POST, $_REQUEST)
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Inspect input validation on include pathsExamine the identified include/require code blocks. Check whether the parameter used in the include statement is validated with functions like basename(), realpath(), or whitelist checking before being used.Affected if User-supplied parameters are used directly in include/require without sanitization, or sanitization can be bypassed via path traversal (e.g., ../../etc/passwd)
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Test for path traversal in URL parametersIf the application accepts a parameter in the URL or POST data that influences file inclusion, attempt a benign test with a path traversal payload such as ../../index.php or ../../../../etc/passwd to see if file contents are returned.Affected if The application returns file contents when path traversal sequences are appended to the parameter value
Your environment is affected if Trendustry is installed and uses include/require statements with user input that lacks proper path validation, allowing path traversal 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 dataImplement strict input validation using whitelist approaches and avoid using user input directly in include/require statements; use basename() and realpath() functions to sanitize file paths.
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- Review / QA2.0 h
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