CVE-2025-68986
Published: 22 January 2026
Summary
CVE-2025-68986 is a critical-severity Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type (CWE-434) vulnerability. Its CVSS base score is 9.9 (Critical).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 19.6th 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).
Threat & Defense at a Glance
Threat & Defense Details
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5)AI
Flaw remediation requires timely patching of the Miion theme vulnerability (versions <=1.2.7), directly eliminating the unrestricted file upload capability exploited by attackers.
Information input validation mechanisms at file upload points comprehensively check and reject dangerous file types like web shells.
Information input restrictions enforce limits on file types, sizes, and extensions to block unrestricted uploads of dangerous files in the Miion theme.
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Direct arbitrary file upload enables web shell deployment on public-facing WordPress server (T1505.003) and exploitation of exposed web application (T1190).
NVD Description
Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type vulnerability in zozothemes Miion miion allows Upload a Web Shell to a Web Server.This issue affects Miion: from n/a through <= 1.2.7.
Deeper analysisAI
CVE-2025-68986 is an Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type vulnerability (CWE-434) in the zozothemes Miion WordPress theme. Published on 2026-01-22, it affects Miion versions from n/a through 1.2.7 and carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.9 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H). The issue enables attackers to upload web shells directly to the web server.
An attacker with low privileges, such as an authenticated WordPress user, can exploit this over the network with low complexity and no user interaction. Successful exploitation allows uploading a malicious web shell, resulting in high impacts across confidentiality, integrity, and availability, potentially granting full control over the affected server.
The Patchstack advisory documents this as an arbitrary file upload vulnerability in Miion theme version 1.2.7 and provides vulnerability details for mitigation.
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