Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-52768

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-2025-52768 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-2025-52768 is an Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program vulnerability, classified as PHP Remote File Inclusion but enabling PHP Local File Inclusion, in the Faith & Hope WordPress theme developed by AncoraThemes. This issue affects all versions of the theme from n/a through 2.13.0 and was published on 2025-12-18.

Unauthenticated remote attackers can exploit this vulnerability over the network (AV:N) without requiring user interaction (UI:N) or privileges (PR:N), though exploitation involves high complexity (AC:H). Successful attacks result in high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:H/I:H/A:H), with an overall CVSS v3.1 score of 8.1, mapped to CWE-98.

Patchstack has issued an advisory documenting the vulnerability in the Faith & Hope WordPress theme version 2.13.0, available at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Theme/faith-hope/vulnerability/wordpress-faith-hope-theme-2-13-0-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 AncoraThemes Faith & Hope faith-hope allows PHP Local File Inclusion.This issue affects Faith & Hope: from n/a through <= 2.13.0.

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?

LFI vulnerability in public-facing WordPress theme enables exploitation of public-facing application (T1190) and facilitates collection of data from local system files via arbitrary file inclusion (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-2 Flaw Remediation good match
prevent

Directly mitigates CVE-2025-52768 by identifying, reporting, and patching the improper filename control flaw in the Faith & Hope WordPress theme versions <=2.13.0.

SI-10 Information Input Validation good match
prevent

Prevents LFI exploitation by validating filename inputs to PHP include/require statements against organization-defined safe values in the vulnerable theme.

SI-9 Information Input Restrictions good match
prevent

Restricts filename inputs to prevent path traversal or unauthorized local file inclusion in the Faith & Hope theme's PHP code.

References