Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-69046

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-2025-69046 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-2025-69046 is an Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program vulnerability, classified under CWE-98 and commonly referred to as PHP Remote File Inclusion, present in the WebGeniusLab iRecco Core WordPress plugin (irecco-core). The flaw enables PHP Local File Inclusion and affects all versions from n/a through 1.3.6 inclusive. It carries 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), indicating high severity due to its potential for significant impact.

Unauthenticated remote attackers (PR:N) can exploit this vulnerability over the network (AV:N) without requiring user interaction (UI:N), though it demands high attack complexity (AC:H). Successful exploitation grants high-level impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:H/I:H/A:H) within unchanged scope (S:U), typically allowing attackers to include and potentially execute arbitrary local PHP files on the affected server.

Mitigation details are available in the Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/irecco-core/vulnerability/wordpress-irecco-core-plugin-1-3-6-local-file-inclusion-vulnerability?_s_id=cve.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

A05:2025 Injection

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion') vulnerability in WebGeniusLab iRecco Core irecco-core allows PHP Local File Inclusion.This issue affects iRecco Core: from n/a through <= 1.3.6.

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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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?

T1190 for exploiting the public-facing WordPress plugin vulnerability; T1005 for Local File Inclusion enabling arbitrary local file reads.

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

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Affected Assets

Mitigating Controls

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

SI-10 Information Input Validation good match
prevent

SI-10 requires validation of untrusted inputs like filenames in PHP include/require statements to prevent arbitrary local file inclusion in the iRecco Core plugin.

SI-2 Flaw Remediation good match
prevent

SI-2 mandates timely remediation of identified flaws, directly addressing this LFI vulnerability by patching iRecco Core versions through 1.3.6.

SC-7 Boundary Protection partial match
preventdetect

SC-7 implements boundary protections like web application firewalls to inspect and block network requests exploiting the PHP file inclusion flaw.

References