CVE-2025-68902

High

Published: 22 January 2026

Published

22 January 2026

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:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

EPSS Score 0.0002 6.6th percentile

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

Summary

CVE-2025-68902 is a high-severity Path Traversal (CWE-22) 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 6.6th 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-2025-68902 is an Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability, classified as CWE-22, in the AivahThemes Anona WordPress theme. This issue affects Anona versions from n/a through 8.0 inclusive and was published on 2026-01-22.

The vulnerability carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.5 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N), meaning it is exploitable over the network by unauthenticated attackers requiring low complexity and no user interaction. Attackers can achieve high confidentiality impact by bypassing path restrictions to perform arbitrary file downloads.

Patchstack has documented this vulnerability, including details on the arbitrary file download risk in Anona theme version 8.0, with mitigation guidance available at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Theme/anona/vulnerability/wordpress-anona-theme-8-0-arbitrary-file-download-vulnerability?_s_id=cve.

EU & UK References

🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2026-3971

Vulnerability details

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in AivahThemes Anona anona allows Path Traversal.This issue affects Anona: from n/a through <= 8.0.

CWE(s): CWE-22

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?

Path traversal enabling unauthenticated arbitrary file read on public-facing WordPress theme directly maps to initial access via public app exploitation and subsequent local file data access.

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v18.1