CVE-2025-49360

High

Published: 18 December 2025

Published

18 December 2025

Modified

27 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 0.0052 39.7th percentile

Risk Priority 17 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-49360 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 39.7th 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 SI-10 (Information Input Validation) and SI-2 (Flaw Remediation).

Deeper analysis

CVE-2025-49360 is an Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program vulnerability, classified as PHP Remote File Inclusion, within the AncoraThemes Militarology WordPress theme. It enables PHP Local File Inclusion and affects Militarology versions from n/a through 1.0.15.

The vulnerability has 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 it can be exploited over the network by unauthenticated attackers requiring high attack complexity and no user interaction. Successful exploitation allows high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

Mitigation details are provided in the Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Theme/militarology/vulnerability/wordpress-militarology-theme-1-0-15-local-file-inclusion-vulnerability?_s_id=cve.

EU & UK References

🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-204243

Vulnerability details

Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion') vulnerability in AncoraThemes Militarology militarology allows PHP Local File Inclusion.This issue affects Militarology: from n/a through <= 1.0.15.

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?

The vulnerability is a PHP Remote/Local File Inclusion in a public-facing WordPress theme, directly enabling exploitation of a public-facing application for potential remote code execution.

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v19.0