Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-69060

High

Published: 22 January 2026

Published
22 January 2026
Modified
15 April 2026
KEV Added
Patch
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 0.0051 39.6th percentile
Risk Priority 55 floored blend · peak EPSS

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

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

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.
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.
Why these techniques?

Direct remote exploitation of public-facing web app via LFI (T1190); enables unauthorized local file reads (T1005).

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

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Affected Assets

Mitigating Controls

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

prevent

Directly remediates the specific flaw in the uReach theme's PHP include/require statement by patching to version beyond 1.3.3.

prevent

Validates filenames supplied to PHP include/require statements to block malicious local file inclusion paths.

prevent

Enforces restrictive PHP configuration settings like open_basedir to limit the scope of accessible files during inclusion attempts.

References