CVE-2025-39452
Published: 17 April 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-39452 is a high-severity PHP Remote File Inclusion (CWE-98) vulnerability. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 33.7% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
CVE-2025-39452 is a PHP Local File Inclusion vulnerability arising from improper control of filenames in include or require statements. It affects the WPCafe plugin for WordPress developed by Arraytics, with all versions through 2.2.32 impacted. The flaw is tracked under CWE-98 and carries a CVSS 3.1 score of 7.5.
An attacker with low-privileged network access can supply a crafted filename to force inclusion of arbitrary local files on the server. Successful exploitation can yield full control over confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected WordPress installation.
The primary advisory is published by Patchstack at the referenced URL and identifies the issue in WPCafe 2.2.32. EPSS scores remain low, with a current value of 0.0050 and a recorded peak of 0.0121.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-11780
Vulnerability details
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 <= 2.2.32.
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Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.