CVE-2025-69409
Published: 20 February 2026
Summary
CVE-2025-69409 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 17.5th 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).
Threat & Defense at a Glance
Threat & Defense Details
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5)AI
Directly remediates the PHP Local File Inclusion vulnerability in the WordPress theme by identifying, reporting, and patching or removing the flawed component.
Validates user-supplied filenames in PHP include/require statements to block malicious local file inclusion attempts.
Enforces secure PHP configuration settings like open_basedir restrictions and disabling allow_url_include to limit the scope of file inclusion exploits.
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
LFI vulnerability in public-facing WordPress theme enables unauthenticated remote exploitation (T1190), arbitrary local file reads for discovery (T1083, T1005), and credential extraction from files like wp-config.php (T1552.001).
NVD Description
Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion') vulnerability in axiomthemes PJ | Life & Business Coaching pj allows PHP Local File Inclusion.This issue affects PJ | Life & Business Coaching: from n/a through…
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<= 3.0.0.
Deeper analysisAI
CVE-2025-69409 is an Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program vulnerability, classified as PHP Remote File Inclusion but enabling PHP Local File Inclusion (CWE-98), in the axiomthemes PJ | Life & Business Coaching WordPress theme. This issue affects all versions from n/a through 3.0.0. The vulnerability was published on 2026-02-20 with 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).
Remote attackers can exploit this vulnerability over the network without authentication or user interaction, though it requires high attack complexity. Successful exploitation allows attackers to include and potentially execute arbitrary local PHP files, leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, such as unauthorized access to sensitive data or server compromise.
Patchstack advisories document this as a Local File Inclusion vulnerability specifically in PJ | Life & Business Coaching theme version 3.0.0, providing details on the affected WordPress theme.
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