Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-68983

High

Published: 30 December 2025

Published
30 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-2025-68983 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 CM-6 (Configuration Settings) and SI-10 (Information Input Validation).

Deeper analysis

CVE-2025-68983 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 thembay Greenmart WordPress theme. This flaw affects Greenmart versions from n/a through 4.2.11 and is associated with CWE-98.

Attackers with low privileges, such as authenticated low-privileged users, can exploit this vulnerability over the network (AV:N) with high attack complexity (AC:H) and no user interaction required (UI:N). Successful exploitation grants high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:H/I:H/A:H) within unchanged scope (S:U), yielding a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.5.

The Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Theme/greenmart/vulnerability/wordpress-greenmart-theme-4-2-11-local-file-inclusion-vulnerability?_s_id=cve details this Local File Inclusion issue in Greenmart version 4.2.11 and serves as the primary reference for mitigation strategies and patches.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion') vulnerability in thembay Greenmart greenmart allows PHP Local File Inclusion.This issue affects Greenmart: from n/a through <= 4.2.11.

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 public-facing PHP Remote/Local File Inclusion in a WordPress theme, enabling unauthenticated remote code execution or file disclosure, directly mapping to T1190: Exploit Public-Facing Application.

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

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Affected Assets

Mitigating Controls

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

SI-2 Flaw Remediation good match
prevent

Timely patching of the Greenmart WordPress theme flaw directly remediates the improper filename control in PHP include/require statements, preventing LFI exploitation.

SI-10 Information Input Validation good match
prevent

Enforces validation of user-supplied filenames before use in PHP include/require, directly addressing the core CWE-98 vulnerability in the theme.

CM-6 Configuration Settings good match
prevent

Mandates secure PHP configuration settings like open_basedir and allow_url_include=Off to restrict arbitrary file inclusion paths exploited by this LFI.

References