Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-53335

High

Published: 05 March 2026

Published
05 March 2026
Modified
22 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 0.0050 39.1th percentile
Risk Priority 55 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2025-53335 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 39.1th 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-2025-53335 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, affecting the ThemeREX Berger WordPress theme. This issue impacts all versions of Berger from n/a through 1.1.1, as documented with CWE-98. The vulnerability was published on 2026-03-05 with 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).

Remote attackers without privileges can exploit this vulnerability over the network, though it requires high attack complexity and no user interaction. Successful exploitation allows attackers to achieve high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts, potentially enabling local file inclusion to access or manipulate sensitive server files.

Mitigation details are available in the Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Theme/berger/vulnerability/wordpress-berger-theme-1-1-1-local-file-inclusion-vulnerability?_s_id=cve, which covers the Local File Inclusion vulnerability in the Berger theme version 1.1.1.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

A05:2025 Injection

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion') vulnerability in ThemeREX Berger berger allows PHP Local File Inclusion.This issue affects Berger: from n/a through <= 1.1.1.

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 theme enables unauthenticated remote exploitation of a web application for arbitrary local file inclusion and execution.

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 mitigates improper filename control in PHP include/require by validating user-supplied inputs at web application entry points to block local file inclusion paths.

SI-2 Flaw Remediation good match
prevent

Remediates the specific flaw in ThemeREX Berger WordPress theme by timely installation of security patches addressing CVE-2025-53335.

CM-6 Configuration Settings partial match
prevent

Enforces secure PHP configuration settings like open_basedir or disabled file functions to restrict potential local file access exploited via the vulnerability.

References