Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-69402

High

Published: 20 February 2026

Published
20 February 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 0.0056 42.3th percentile
Risk Priority 55 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2025-69402 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 42.3th 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-2025-69402 is an Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program vulnerability, classified under CWE-98 and commonly known as PHP Remote File Inclusion, that enables PHP Local File Inclusion in the ThemeREX R&F (rf) WordPress theme. This flaw affects all versions of the rf theme from n/a through 1.5 inclusive.

The vulnerability can be exploited by unauthenticated remote attackers (AV:N/PR:N/UI:N) over the network, though it requires high attack complexity (AC:H) with unchanged scope (S:U). Successful exploitation yields high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:H/I:H/A:H), scoring 8.1 on the CVSS:3.1 scale, potentially allowing attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files, disclose sensitive data, or achieve code execution on the targeted server.

Mitigation details are available in the Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Theme/rf/vulnerability/wordpress-r-f-theme-1-5-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 ThemeREX R&F rf allows PHP Local File Inclusion.This issue affects R&F: from n/a through <= 1.5.

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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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?

CVE allows unauthenticated remote exploitation of a public-facing WordPress theme via LFI (T1190), enabling disclosure of sensitive local files (T1005).

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 CVE-2025-69402 by identifying, reporting, and patching the improper filename control flaw in the ThemeREX R&F rf WordPress theme.

SI-10 Information Input Validation good match
prevent

Enforces validation of user-supplied filenames in PHP include/require statements to prevent local file inclusion via path traversal or arbitrary file access.

CM-6 Configuration Settings partial match
prevent

Establishes restrictive PHP configuration settings like open_basedir and disabling dangerous functions to limit the scope of local file inclusion exploits.

References