CVE-2025-30829
Published: 27 March 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-30829 is a high-severity PHP Remote File Inclusion (CWE-98) vulnerability. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked in the top 18.2% 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).
Threat & Defense at a Glance
Threat & Defense Details
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5)AI
Directly remediates the improper filename control flaw in WPCafe by identifying, patching, and monitoring the vulnerable plugin versions up to 2.2.31.
Validates user-supplied filenames in PHP include/require statements to prevent local file inclusion exploitation by low-privileged users.
Enforces secure PHP configuration settings like open_basedir restrictions to limit arbitrary local file access even if input validation fails.
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
The vulnerability is a local file inclusion flaw in a public-facing WordPress plugin, directly enabling exploitation of public-facing applications (T1190), data collection from local system files (T1005), and code execution via included PHP scripts (T1059).
NVD Description
Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion') vulnerability in Arraytics WPCafe wp-cafe allows PHP Local File Inclusion.This issue affects WPCafe: from n/a through <= 2.2.31.
Deeper analysisAI
CVE-2025-30829 is an Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement vulnerability, known as PHP Remote File Inclusion, in the Arraytics WPCafe (wp-cafe) WordPress plugin. It enables PHP Local File Inclusion and affects all versions from n/a through 2.2.31.
The vulnerability carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.5 (High), with metrics AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. Low-privileged authenticated users can exploit it over the network with high attack complexity and no user interaction, achieving high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability through local file inclusion.
Patchstack provides details on the vulnerability, including mitigation guidance, in its advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/wp-cafe/vulnerability/wordpress-wpcafe-plugin-2-2-31-local-file-inclusion-vulnerability?_s_id=cve.
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