Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-53433

Critical

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 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0042 33.0th percentile
Risk Priority 20 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-53433 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 at the 33.0th 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-2025-53433 is an Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program vulnerability, classified as PHP Remote File Inclusion (CWE-98), which enables PHP Local File Inclusion in the AncoraThemes EasyEat WordPress theme. The issue affects EasyEat versions from n/a through 1.9.0 and was published on 2025-12-18.

Remote attackers require no privileges, authentication, or user interaction to exploit this vulnerability over the network with low complexity, earning 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). Exploitation can result in high impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability, potentially allowing arbitrary file inclusion and related abuse.

The Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Theme/easyeat/vulnerability/wordpress-easyeat-theme-1-9-0-local-file-inclusion-vulnerability?_s_id=cve details the vulnerability in the EasyEat theme.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion') vulnerability in AncoraThemes EasyEat easyeat allows PHP Local File Inclusion.This issue affects EasyEat: from n/a through <= 1.9.0.

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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Why these techniques?

The vulnerability is a remote, unauthenticated LFI in a public-facing WordPress theme, directly enabling exploitation of public-facing applications for potential RCE and file access.

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 addresses improper filename control in PHP include/require by requiring validation of inputs to block malicious local file inclusion paths.

SI-2 Flaw Remediation good match
prevent

Mandates timely identification, reporting, and patching of the specific PHP LFI flaw in EasyEat WordPress theme versions <=1.9.0.

CM-6 Configuration Settings partial match
prevent

Enforces secure baseline configuration settings in PHP, such as disabling allow_url_include and allow_url_fopen, to restrict file inclusion capabilities exploited by this vulnerability.

References