CVE-2025-68530

High

Published: 24 December 2025

Published

24 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-2025-68530 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-2025-68530 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 Bookory WordPress theme developed by pavothemes. This issue affects Bookory versions from n/a through 2.2.7 and is associated with CWE-98. The vulnerability was published on 2025-12-24.

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). Low-privileged authenticated users (PR:L) can exploit it remotely over the network (AV:N) with high attack complexity (AC:H) and no user interaction required (UI:N). Successful exploitation results in high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:H/I:H/A:H) within the unchanged scope (S:U), potentially allowing attackers to include and execute local files.

Mitigation details are available in the Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Theme/bookory/vulnerability/wordpress-bookory-theme-2-2-7-local-file-inclusion-vulnerability?_s_id=cve.

EU & UK References

🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-205192

Vulnerability details

Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion') vulnerability in pavothemes Bookory bookory allows PHP Local File Inclusion.This issue affects Bookory: from n/a through <= 2.2.7.

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?

The vulnerability is a critical unauthenticated remote Local File Inclusion (LFI) in a public-facing WordPress theme, directly enabling exploitation of a public-facing application.

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