WP Royal Themes News Magazine X Local File Inclusion Vulnerability

A local file inclusion vulnerability has been identified in the WP Royal Themes News Magazine X WordPress theme, affecting versions through 1.2.37. This vulnerability arises from improper control of filenames in include or require statements, allowing PHP remote file inclusion that could be exploited to include local files from the target website.

Impact

Exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a malicious actor to include local files from the target website and display their output. This could potentially lead to a complete database takeover, depending on the site's configuration.

Remediation

Users are advised to update to version 1.2.38 or later. Patchstack has issued a virtual patch to block attacks until the update is applied.