Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-47696

High

Published: 31 August 2025

Published
31 August 2025
Modified
23 April 2026
KEV Added
—
Patch
—
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 0.0018 39.2th percentile
Risk Priority 16 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-47696 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 at the 39.2th 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 RA-5 (Vulnerability Monitoring and Scanning) and SI-10 (Information Input Validation).

Deeper analysis

CVE-2025-47696 is an Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program vulnerability, classified as PHP Remote File Inclusion (CWE-98), affecting the solwin Blog Designer PRO WordPress plugin (blog-designer-pro). This issue impacts all versions from n/a through 3.4.7. The vulnerability carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.1 (AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H), indicating high severity due to its potential for significant impact despite requiring high attack complexity.

Unauthenticated attackers (PR:N) with network access (AV:N) can exploit this vulnerability without user interaction (UI:N). Successful exploitation enables high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts (C:H/I:H/A:H), potentially allowing attackers to include and execute malicious files on the server.

The Patchstack advisory provides details on this unauthenticated non-arbitrary local file inclusion vulnerability in Blog Designer PRO version 3.4.7, available at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/blog-designer-pro/vulnerability/wordpress-blog-designer-pro-plugin-3-4-7-unauthenticated-non-arbitrary-local-file-inclusion-vulnerability?_s_id=cve.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion') vulnerability in solwin Blog Designer PRO blog-designer-pro.This issue affects Blog Designer PRO: from n/a through <= 3.4.7.

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.
attack.mitre.org →
Why these techniques?

Direct unauthenticated LFI/RFI in public-facing WordPress plugin enables exploitation of the web application for code execution or server impact.

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

CVEs Like This One

CVE-2026-28087Shared CWE-98
CVE-2025-23952Shared CWE-98
CVE-2026-32505Shared CWE-98
CVE-2025-48149Shared CWE-98
CVE-2025-60058Shared CWE-98
CVE-2025-49994Shared CWE-98
CVE-2026-24531Shared CWE-98
CVE-2025-67527Shared CWE-98
CVE-2025-69396Shared CWE-98
CVE-2025-62067Shared CWE-98

Affected Assets

Mitigating Controls

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

SI-2 Flaw Remediation good match
prevent

Directly mitigates CVE-2025-47696 by requiring timely identification, prioritization, and patching of the PHP Remote File Inclusion flaw in the Blog Designer PRO WordPress plugin.

SI-10 Information Input Validation good match
prevent

Addresses the core issue of improper filename control in PHP include/require by enforcing validation of user-supplied inputs to block malicious file paths.

RA-5 Vulnerability Monitoring and Scanning good match
preventdetect

Enables proactive discovery of the unauthenticated PHP RFI vulnerability in Blog Designer PRO through regular vulnerability scanning of WordPress plugins.

References