Executive brief
The Crafti theme for WordPress is vulnerable to a security flaw that allows unauthorized individuals to access sensitive files on the web server. By exploiting this vulnerability, an attacker could view configuration files containing database credentials, potentially leading to a full takeover of the website and its data. This issue affects all versions of the theme up to and including 1.12, and no official patch has been released yet.
Technical details
A Local File Inclusion (LFI) vulnerability exists in the Axiomthemes Crafti theme (versions <= 1.12) due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input used in PHP include or require statements (CWE-98). An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit this by submitting specially crafted requests to include local files from the server's filesystem. Successful exploitation can lead to the exposure of sensitive information, such as wp-config.php, or potentially remote code execution if the attacker can control the contents of an included file (e.g., via log poisoning). The attack complexity is rated as high, and as of the advisory date, no official patch is available from the vendor.
Affected products
- Axiomthemes Crafti n/a through 1.12
Timeline
- 2025-07-31: other: Vulnerability reported by researcher Bonds
- 2026-05-26: advisory: Patchstack published initial advisory
- 2026-06-02: disclosed: CVE published to NVD dataset