CVE-2025-48293

Critical

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

EPSS Score 0.0073 73.1th percentile

Risk Priority 20 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-48293 is a critical-severity PHP Remote File Inclusion (CWE-98) vulnerability. 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 26.9% 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-2025-48293 is an Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program vulnerability, known as PHP Remote File Inclusion, that allows PHP Local File Inclusion in the Geo Mashup WordPress plugin developed by Dylan Kuhn. This issue affects Geo Mashup versions from n/a through 1.13.16. The vulnerability carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.8 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H) and maps to CWE-98. It was published on 2025-08-14T11:15:35.153.

Unauthenticated remote attackers can exploit this vulnerability over the network with low attack complexity and without requiring user interaction. Successful exploitation enables high-impact effects on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, allowing attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files on the server.

The Patchstack advisory provides details on this WordPress Geo Mashup plugin 1.13.16 local file inclusion vulnerability, including mitigation recommendations, at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/geo-mashup/vulnerability/wordpress-geo-mashup-plugin-1-13-16-local-file-inclusion-vulnerability?_s_id=cve.

EU & UK References

🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-24750

Vulnerability details

Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion') vulnerability in Dylan Kuhn Geo Mashup geo-mashup allows PHP Local File Inclusion.This issue affects Geo Mashup: from n/a through <= 1.13.16.

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 for arbitrary file inclusion and code execution.

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