CVE-2025-68905
Published: 22 January 2026
Summary
CVE-2025-68905 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 44.8th 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-2025-68905 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 jegtheme JNews - Pay Writer WordPress plugin. This issue affects all versions from an unspecified initial release through 11.0.0.
The vulnerability can be exploited over the network (AV:N) by attackers with low privileges (PR:L), requiring high attack complexity (AC:H) and no user interaction (UI:N), with no change in scope (S:U). Successful exploitation yields high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:H/I:H/A:H), resulting in a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.5. This allows PHP Local File Inclusion, potentially enabling attackers to include and execute arbitrary local PHP files.
Patchstack has issued an advisory documenting the vulnerability in JNews - Pay Writer version 11.0.0, available at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/jnews-pay-writer/vulnerability/wordpress-jnews-pay-writer-plugin-11-0-0-local-file-inclusion-vulnerability?_s_id=cve.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2026-3977
Vulnerability details
Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion') vulnerability in jegtheme JNews - Pay Writer jnews-pay-writer allows PHP Local File Inclusion.This issue affects JNews - Pay Writer: from n/a through <= 11.0.0.
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Related Threats
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Why these techniques?
Direct LFI vulnerability in public-facing WordPress plugin enables remote exploitation of web application for code execution.
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Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Directly mitigates the CVE by requiring timely remediation and patching of the known PHP Local File Inclusion flaw in JNews - Pay Writer versions through 11.0.0.
Prevents exploitation of improper filename control by validating and sanitizing user inputs to PHP include/require statements, blocking arbitrary local file paths.
Hardens the environment against LFI by enforcing restrictive PHP configuration settings such as open_basedir to limit access to arbitrary local files.