CVE-2025-69005

High

Published: 22 January 2026

Published

22 January 2026

Modified

15 April 2026

KEV Added

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Patch

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CVSS Score v3.1 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS Score 0.0040 32.0th percentile

Risk Priority 55 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2025-69005 is a high-severity PHP Remote File Inclusion (CWE-98) vulnerability. Its CVSS base score is 8.1 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 32.0th 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-2025-69005 is an Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program vulnerability, described as PHP Remote File Inclusion but enabling PHP Local File Inclusion (CWE-98), in the Elated-Themes Search & Go WordPress theme. This issue affects versions from n/a through 2.8, with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.1 (AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H). The vulnerability was published on 2026-01-22.

Remote attackers can exploit this vulnerability over the network with high attack complexity, requiring no privileges or user interaction. Exploitation allows inclusion of arbitrary local files via crafted requests, resulting in high impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability, potentially leading to unauthorized access, data disclosure, or code execution on the affected server.

The Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Theme/search-and-go/vulnerability/wordpress-search-go-theme-2-8-local-file-inclusion-vulnerability?_s_id=cve documents this Local File Inclusion vulnerability in Search & Go theme version 2.8 and provides details on affected installations.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

EU & UK References

🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2026-3938

Vulnerability details

Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion') vulnerability in Elated-Themes Search & Go search-and-go allows PHP Local File Inclusion.This issue affects Search & Go: from n/a through <= 2.8.

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 remotely exploitable Local File Inclusion (LFI) in a public-facing WordPress theme, directly enabling exploitation of a public-facing application for unauthorized file access, modification, or DoS.

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