CVE-2025-14430
Published: 08 January 2026
Summary
CVE-2025-14430 is a high-severity PHP Remote File Inclusion (CWE-98) vulnerability in Thememove Brook. Its CVSS base score is 8.1 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 44.7th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 SI-10 (Information Input Validation) and SI-2 (Flaw Remediation).
Threat & Defense at a Glance
Threat & Defense Details
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5)AI
Enforces validation of user-supplied filenames prior to PHP include/require operations, directly preventing local file inclusion via improper filename control.
Provides timely remediation of the specific flaw in Brook theme versions up to 2.9.0 through patching and vulnerability correction.
Facilitates detection of the CVE-2025-14430 vulnerability in deployed Brook WordPress themes through vulnerability scanning.
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
CVE-2025-14430 is a critical RFI/LFI vulnerability in a public-facing WordPress theme, directly exploited remotely without privileges for file access or RCE, mapping to T1190: Exploit Public-Facing Application.
NVD Description
Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion') vulnerability in ThemeMove Brook brook allows PHP Local File Inclusion.This issue affects Brook: from n/a through <= 2.9.0.
Deeper analysisAI
CVE-2025-14430 is an Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program vulnerability, known as PHP Remote File Inclusion, that enables PHP Local File Inclusion in the ThemeMove Brook WordPress theme. This flaw affects Brook versions from n/a through 2.9.0 inclusive and is associated with CWE-98. The vulnerability was published on 2026-01-08 with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.1.
The vulnerability can be exploited remotely over the network (AV:N) by unauthenticated attackers (PR:N) with no user interaction required (UI:N), though it demands high attack complexity (AC:H) and has unchanged scope (S:U). Successful exploitation grants high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:H/I:H/A:H), potentially allowing attackers to include and execute local PHP files.
Patchstack's advisory documents this Local File Inclusion vulnerability in the WordPress Brook agency business creative theme, with details focused on version 2.8.9. Security practitioners should review the reference at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Theme/brook/vulnerability/wordpress-brook-agency-business-creative-theme-2-8-9-local-file-inclusion-vulnerability?_s_id=cve for mitigation recommendations.
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