Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-60065

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-2025-60065 is a high-severity PHP Remote File Inclusion (CWE-98) vulnerability in Axiomthemes Pinevale. 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-2025-60065 is an Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program vulnerability, classified under CWE-98 and labeled as a PHP Remote File Inclusion issue, which enables PHP Local File Inclusion in the Pinevale WordPress theme developed by axiomthemes. This flaw affects Pinevale versions from n/a through 1.0.14, as published on 2025-12-18.

The vulnerability 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), indicating exploitation is possible over the network by unauthenticated attackers with no user interaction required, albeit with high attack complexity. Successful exploitation allows attackers to achieve high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, typically through the inclusion and potential execution of arbitrary local files on the affected server.

Mitigation details are documented in the Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Theme/pinevale/vulnerability/wordpress-pinevale-theme-1-0-14-local-file-inclusion-vulnerability?_s_id=cve, which covers the Local File Inclusion vulnerability in the Pinevale WordPress theme version 1.0.14.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion') vulnerability in axiomthemes Pinevale pinevale allows PHP Local File Inclusion.This issue affects Pinevale: from n/a through <= 1.0.14.

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?

This is a network-accessible LFI/RFI vulnerability in a public-facing WordPress theme, enabling unauthenticated exploitation for file inclusion and execution, directly mapping to T1190: Exploit Public-Facing Application.

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

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Affected Assets

axiomthemes
pinevale
≤ 1.0.14

Mitigating Controls

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

SI-2 Flaw Remediation good match
prevent

Directly mitigates the PHP LFI vulnerability in Pinevale theme by requiring timely installation of patches from advisories like Patchstack.

SI-10 Information Input Validation good match
prevent

Validates filenames and paths used in PHP include/require statements to block attacker-controlled local file inclusion.

CM-6 Configuration Settings partial match
prevent

Enforces secure PHP configuration settings such as open_basedir restrictions to limit accessible file paths during LFI exploitation.

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