Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-49370

High

Published: 18 December 2025

Published
18 December 2025
Modified
15 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 0.0044 35.2th percentile
Risk Priority 16 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-49370 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 35.2th 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 SI-10 (Information Input Validation) and SI-2 (Flaw Remediation).

Deeper analysis

CVE-2025-49370 is an Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement vulnerability, described as a PHP Remote File Inclusion issue but enabling PHP Local File Inclusion (CWE-98), in the Lymcoin WordPress theme developed by AncoraThemes. The vulnerability affects all versions of Lymcoin from n/a through 1.3.12.

The attack vector is network-based (AV:N), requiring no privileges (PR:N) or user interaction (UI:N), though it demands high attack complexity (AC:H) with unchanged scope (S:U). Successful exploitation yields high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:H/I:H/A:H), earning a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.1 and allowing remote unauthenticated attackers to perform local file inclusion.

Mitigation details are available in the Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Theme/lymcoin/vulnerability/wordpress-lymcoin-theme-1-3-12-local-file-inclusion-vulnerability?_s_id=cve. The vulnerability was published on 2025-12-18T08:15:51.427.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion') vulnerability in AncoraThemes Lymcoin lymcoin allows PHP Local File Inclusion.This issue affects Lymcoin: from n/a through <= 1.3.12.

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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T1005 Data from Local System Collection
Adversaries may search local system sources, such as file systems, configuration files, local databases, virtual machine files, or process memory, to find files of interest and sensitive data prior to Exfiltration.
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Why these techniques?

Unauthenticated remote exploitation of public-facing WordPress theme (T1190) enables local file inclusion, facilitating collection of data from local system files (T1005).

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

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Affected Assets

Mitigating Controls

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

SI-10 Information Input Validation good match
prevent

Directly validates user-supplied filenames prior to PHP include/require operations, preventing local file inclusion exploitation in the Lymcoin theme.

SI-2 Flaw Remediation good match
prevent

Remediates the specific improper filename control flaw in Lymcoin versions through <=1.3.12 by identifying, patching, and verifying fixes.

CM-6 Configuration Settings partial match
prevent

Enforces PHP configuration settings like open_basedir and disabling allow_url_include to restrict file access paths exploited in this LFI vulnerability.

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