Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-30635

High

Published: 14 August 2025

Published
14 August 2025
Modified
23 April 2026
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0055 68.3th percentile
Risk Priority 17 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-30635 is a high-severity PHP Remote File Inclusion (CWE-98) vulnerability. Its CVSS base score is 8.1 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked in the top 31.7% 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-2025-30635 is an Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program vulnerability, classified as PHP Remote File Inclusion but enabling PHP Local File Inclusion, in the ThemeAtelier IDonatePro (idonate-pro) WordPress plugin. This issue affects all versions from n/a through 2.1.9.

Unauthenticated attackers can exploit the vulnerability remotely over the network (AV:N), though it requires high attack complexity (AC:H) and no user interaction (UI:N). No privileges are needed (PR:N), with unchanged scope (S:U), allowing high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:H/I:H/A:H), for an overall CVSS v3.1 score of 8.1 (CWE-98).

The Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/idonate-pro/vulnerability/wordpress-idonatepro-2-1-8-local-file-inclusion-vulnerability?_s_id=cve provides further details on this vulnerability.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion') vulnerability in ThemeAtelier IDonatePro idonate-pro allows PHP Local File Inclusion.This issue affects IDonatePro: from n/a through <= 2.1.9.

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 public-facing WordPress plugin directly enables remote exploitation of the web application.

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v18.1

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Affected Assets

Mitigating Controls

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

SI-2 Flaw Remediation good match
prevent

Directly remediates the PHP Local File Inclusion flaw in the IDonatePro WordPress plugin by identifying, patching, and verifying updates to vulnerable versions through 2.1.9.

SI-10 Information Input Validation good match
prevent

Prevents exploitation by enforcing strict validation of user-supplied filenames and paths at input points used in PHP include/require statements.

CM-6 Configuration Settings partial match
prevent

Hardens PHP configuration settings like open_basedir restrictions and disabling allow_url_include to limit the scope of successful file inclusions even with flawed plugin code.

References