CVE-2025-60043
Published: 18 December 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-60043 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 32.9th 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-2025-60043 is an Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program vulnerability, known as PHP Remote File Inclusion, that allows PHP Local File Inclusion in the Wanderic WordPress theme developed by AncoraThemes. This issue affects all versions of Wanderic from n/a through 1.0.10. The vulnerability is associated with CWE-98 and carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.1 (High), reflecting a network attack vector (AV:N), high attack complexity (AC:H), no privileges required (PR:N), no user interaction (UI:N), unchanged scope (S:U), and high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:H/I:H/A:H).
The vulnerability can be exploited by remote attackers with network access who meet the high complexity requirements, without needing privileges or user interaction. Successful exploitation enables PHP Local File Inclusion, allowing attackers to include and potentially execute local files on the server.
Mitigation details are available in the Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Theme/wanderic/vulnerability/wordpress-wanderic-theme-1-0-10-local-file-inclusion-vulnerability?_s_id=cve. The vulnerability was published on 2025-12-18T08:16:03.690.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-204142
Vulnerability details
Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion') vulnerability in AncoraThemes Wanderic wanderic allows PHP Local File Inclusion.This issue affects Wanderic: from n/a through <= 1.0.10.
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Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
The vulnerability is an exploitable flaw in a public-facing WordPress theme allowing remote attackers without privileges to perform local file inclusion, directly enabling T1190: Exploit Public-Facing Application.
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Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
SI-2 requires organizations to identify, report, and correct flaws like this PHP Local File Inclusion vulnerability in the Wanderic theme through timely patching.
SI-10 enforces validation of untrusted inputs such as filenames in PHP include/require statements, directly preventing arbitrary local file inclusion.
CM-6 mandates secure configuration settings for PHP environments, such as restricting open_basedir or disabling remote file includes, to mitigate exploitation of this vulnerability.