Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-54701

High

Published: 14 August 2025

Published
14 August 2025
Modified
23 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 0.0055 68.3th percentile
Risk Priority 17 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-54701 is a high-severity PHP Remote File Inclusion (CWE-98) vulnerability in Thememove Unicamp. Its CVSS base score is 8.1 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked in the top 31.7% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; 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-2025-54701 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 ThemeMove Unicamp WordPress theme. This issue affects Unicamp versions from n/a through 2.6.3 and is associated with CWE-98. The vulnerability was published on 2025-08-14.

The CVSS v3.1 base score is 8.1 (AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H), indicating that unauthenticated attackers can exploit it remotely over the network. Exploitation requires high attack complexity but no user interaction or privileges, potentially resulting in high impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

Mitigation details are available in the Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Theme/unicamp/vulnerability/wordpress-unicamp-theme-2-6-3-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 ThemeMove Unicamp unicamp allows PHP Local File Inclusion.This issue affects Unicamp: from n/a through <= 2.6.3.

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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T1505.003 Web Shell Persistence
Adversaries may backdoor web servers with web shells to establish persistent access to systems.
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Why these techniques?

LFI/RFI in public-facing WordPress theme directly enables remote exploitation of web application (T1190) and arbitrary PHP code execution via malicious file inclusion, facilitating web shell deployment (T1505.003).

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v18.1

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Affected Assets

thememove
unicamp
≤ 2.6.4

Mitigating Controls

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

SI-10 Information Input Validation good match
prevent

Requires validation of information inputs, directly preventing exploitation of improper filename control in PHP include/require statements by rejecting malicious file paths.

SI-2 Flaw Remediation good match
prevent

Mandates identification, reporting, and correction of system flaws, directly addressing this PHP Local File Inclusion vulnerability through timely patching of the Unicamp theme.

CM-6 Configuration Settings partial match
prevent

Establishes and maintains secure configuration settings in PHP, such as disabling allow_url_include or enforcing open_basedir, to mitigate file inclusion attacks.

References