CVE-2025-67530

High

Published: 09 December 2025

Published

09 December 2025

Modified

27 April 2026

KEV Added

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Patch

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CVSS Score v3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS Score 0.0011 28.8th percentile

Risk Priority 15 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-67530 is a high-severity PHP Remote File Inclusion (CWE-98) vulnerability. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 28.8th 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-2025-67530 is an Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program vulnerability, known as PHP Remote File Inclusion but enabling PHP Local File Inclusion (CWE-98), in the thembay Besa WordPress theme. This issue affects Besa versions from n/a through 2.3.15. The vulnerability carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.5 (AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H) and was published on 2025-12-09.

Low-privileged remote attackers (PR:L) can exploit the vulnerability over the network (AV:N) despite high attack complexity (AC:H) and without requiring user interaction (UI:N). Successful exploitation grants high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:H/I:H/A:H), allowing local file inclusion that could lead to unauthorized file access or execution.

Advisories, including the Patchstack database entry at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Theme/besa/vulnerability/wordpress-besa-theme-2-3-15-local-file-inclusion-vulnerability?_s_id=cve, provide details on the vulnerability in the WordPress Besa theme version 2.3.15.

EU & UK References

🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-202114

Vulnerability details

Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion') vulnerability in thembay Besa besa allows PHP Local File Inclusion.This issue affects Besa: from n/a through <= 2.3.15.

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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T1552.001 Credentials In Files Credential Access

Adversaries may search local file systems and remote file shares for files containing insecurely stored credentials.

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Why these techniques?

LFI vulnerability in public-facing WordPress theme enables T1190 (exploit public-facing app), facilitates arbitrary local file reads for T1005 (data from local system) and T1081 (credentials in files).

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