CVE-2025-60044

High

Published: 18 December 2025

Published

18 December 2025

Modified

27 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 0.0042 32.9th percentile

Risk Priority 16 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-60044 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-2025-60044 is an Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program vulnerability, also known as PHP Remote File Inclusion, in the Fribbo WordPress theme by AncoraThemes. It enables PHP Local File Inclusion and affects Fribbo versions from n/a through 1.1.0. The vulnerability is associated with CWE-98 and carries 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).

Unauthenticated remote attackers can exploit this vulnerability over the network with high attack complexity and no user interaction required. Exploitation allows attackers to achieve high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, primarily through 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/fribbo/vulnerability/wordpress-fribbo-theme-1-1-0-local-file-inclusion-vulnerability?_s_id=cve. The vulnerability was published on 2025-12-18T08:16:03.820.

EU & UK References

🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-204141

Vulnerability details

Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion') vulnerability in AncoraThemes Fribbo fribbo allows PHP Local File Inclusion.This issue affects Fribbo: from n/a through <= 1.1.0.

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?

Unauthenticated remote exploitation of a public-facing WordPress theme vulnerability (T1190) via PHP remote/local file inclusion, enabling access to sensitive local files (T1005).

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v19.0