Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-69100

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 0.0055 41.6th percentile
Risk Priority 55 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2025-69100 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 41.6th 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 RA-5 (Vulnerability Monitoring and Scanning) and SI-10 (Information Input Validation).

Deeper analysis

CVE-2025-69100 is an Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program vulnerability, also known as 'PHP Remote File Inclusion,' in the fuelthemes North WordPress theme (north-wp). It enables PHP Local File Inclusion and affects all versions of the North theme from n/a through 5.7.5.

The vulnerability has 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 it is exploitable over the network by unauthenticated attackers with no user interaction required, though high attack complexity is needed. Successful exploitation allows attackers to achieve high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, potentially enabling arbitrary local file inclusion and execution of PHP code on the server.

Mitigation details are available in the Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Theme/north-wp/vulnerability/wordpress-north-theme-5-7-5-local-file-inclusion-vulnerability?_s_id=cve. The vulnerability was published on 2026-01-22T17:16:22.843 and is associated with CWE-98.

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 fuelthemes North north-wp allows PHP Local File Inclusion.This issue affects North: from n/a through <= 5.7.5.

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?

Direct LFI/RFI in public-facing PHP app enables remote code execution via Exploit Public-Facing Application.

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

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Affected Assets

Mitigating Controls

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

SI-2 Flaw Remediation good match
prevent

Directly mitigates the CVE by requiring identification, reporting, and correction of the specific flaw in the North WordPress theme's improper filename control for PHP includes.

SI-10 Information Input Validation good match
prevent

Addresses the root cause by enforcing validation of filenames used in include/require statements to prevent local file inclusion attacks.

RA-5 Vulnerability Monitoring and Scanning good match
detect

Enables detection of the vulnerable North theme version through vulnerability scanning of WordPress components.

References