CVE-2025-69060
Published: 22 January 2026
Summary
CVE-2025-69060 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 39.6th 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).
Deeper analysis
CVE-2025-69060 is an Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program vulnerability, classified as PHP Remote File Inclusion, within the AncoraThemes uReach WordPress theme. The flaw enables PHP Local File Inclusion and affects uReach versions from n/a through 1.3.3.
The vulnerability has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.1 (High), with network attack vector (AV:N), high attack complexity (AC:H), no privileges required (PR:N), no user interaction (UI:N), unchanged scope (S:U), and high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:H/I:H/A:H). Remote attackers can exploit it without authentication to perform local file inclusion, potentially leading to unauthorized access to sensitive files or further compromise depending on server configuration.
Patchstack's advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Theme/ureach/vulnerability/wordpress-ureach-theme-1-3-3-local-file-inclusion-vulnerability?_s_id=cve documents the local file inclusion issue in the uReach WordPress theme version 1.3.3.
OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2026-3907
Vulnerability details
Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion') vulnerability in AncoraThemes uReach ureach allows PHP Local File Inclusion.This issue affects uReach: from n/a through <= 1.3.3.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Direct remote exploitation of public-facing web app via LFI (T1190); enables unauthorized local file reads (T1005).
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Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Directly remediates the specific flaw in the uReach theme's PHP include/require statement by patching to version beyond 1.3.3.
Validates filenames supplied to PHP include/require statements to block malicious local file inclusion paths.
Enforces restrictive PHP configuration settings like open_basedir to limit the scope of accessible files during inclusion attempts.