CVE-2025-14502

Critical

Published: 14 January 2026

Published

14 January 2026

Modified

15 April 2026

KEV Added

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Patch

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CVSS Score v3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS Score 0.0134 67.6th percentile

Risk Priority 70 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2025-14502 is a critical-severity PHP Remote File Inclusion (CWE-98) vulnerability in Wordpress (inferred from references). Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked in the top 32.4% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; 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).

Deeper analysis

CVE-2025-14502 is a Local File Inclusion (LFI) vulnerability, classified under CWE-98, affecting the News and Blog Designer Bundle plugin for WordPress in all versions up to and including 1.1. The flaw occurs via the "template" parameter, which enables the inclusion and execution of arbitrary .php files on the server. Published on 2026-01-14, it carries a critical CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.8 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

Unauthenticated attackers can exploit this vulnerability remotely over the network with low complexity and no privileges or user interaction required. Exploitation allows execution of PHP code from included files, enabling attackers to bypass access controls, obtain sensitive data, or achieve remote code execution in scenarios where .php files can be uploaded and subsequently included.

Advisories, including the Wordfence threat intelligence report at https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e02683dc-0771-4bd5-bba3-2b5423da1c80?source=cve, provide additional details on the issue. The vulnerable code is located at line 31 in the plugin's class-nbdb-ajax.php file, as shown in the WordPress plugin trac repository at https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/news-and-blog-designer-bundle/trunk/includes/class-nbdb-ajax.php#L31.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

EU & UK References

🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2026-2542

Vulnerability details

The News and Blog Designer Bundle plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Local File Inclusion in all versions up to, and including, 1.1 via the template parameter. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to include and execute arbitrary .php…

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 .php file types can be uploaded and included.

CWE(s): CWE-98

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access

Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.

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Why these techniques?

LFI vulnerability in WordPress plugin enables unauthenticated remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary PHP files, granting remote code execution on a public-facing web application.

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v19.0