Cyber Resilience

CVE-2026-24609

High

Published: 23 January 2026

Published
23 January 2026
Modified
15 April 2026
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0022 44.8th percentile
Risk Priority 15 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2026-24609 is a high-severity PHP Remote File Inclusion (CWE-98) vulnerability. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 44.8th 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-2026-24609 is an Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program vulnerability, referred to as PHP Remote File Inclusion but enabling PHP Local File Inclusion, in the Laurent WordPress theme by Elated-Themes. It affects Laurent versions from n/a through 3.1 inclusive. Published on 2026-01-23T15:16:19.850, the issue is associated with CWE-98 and carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.5 (AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

The vulnerability can be exploited remotely by low-privileged authenticated users (PR:L) requiring high attack complexity (AC:H) and no user interaction (UI:N). Successful attacks enable high-impact confidentiality, integrity, and availability consequences (C:H/I:H/A:H), allowing inclusion of local PHP files that could lead to unauthorized file access or execution.

Patchstack's advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Theme/laurent/vulnerability/wordpress-laurent-theme-3-1-local-file-inclusion-vulnerability?_s_id=cve documents the Local File Inclusion vulnerability specific to the WordPress Laurent theme version 3.1.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion') vulnerability in Elated-Themes Laurent laurent allows PHP Local File Inclusion.This issue affects Laurent: from n/a through <= 3.1.

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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T1083 File and Directory Discovery Discovery
Adversaries may enumerate files and directories or may search in specific locations of a host or network share for certain information within a file system.
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Why these techniques?

LFI in public-facing WordPress theme directly enables remote exploitation of web application (T1190) and facilitates local file/directory access and discovery on the host (T1005, T1083).

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v18.1

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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 identifying, reporting, and patching the specific flaw in the Laurent WordPress theme's improper filename control for PHP include/require statements.

SI-10 Information Input Validation good match
prevent

Requires validation of user-supplied filenames in PHP include/require operations to block local file inclusion exploits.

CM-6 Configuration Settings partial match
prevent

Enforces restrictive PHP configuration settings like open_basedir to limit arbitrary local file access paths exploited in this LFI vulnerability.

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