Cyber Resilience

CVE-2026-27052

High

Published: 19 February 2026

Published
19 February 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 0.0017 38.1th percentile
Risk Priority 15 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2026-27052 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 38.1th 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-2026-27052 is an Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program vulnerability, described as PHP Remote File Inclusion but enabling PHP Local File Inclusion, in the villatheme Sales Countdown Timer for WooCommerce and WordPress plugin (sctv-sales-countdown-timer). It affects all versions from n/a through those prior to 1.1.9 and is associated with CWE-98.

The vulnerability 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). Exploitation requires low privileges (PR:L) and can occur over the network (AV:N) with high attack complexity (AC:H) and no user interaction (UI:N). Successful attacks can result in high impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:H/I:H/A:H), such as unauthorized access to or execution of local files on the server.

The Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/sctv-sales-countdown-timer/vulnerability/wordpress-sales-countdown-timer-for-woocommerce-and-wordpress-plugin-1-1-8-1-local-file-inclusion-vulnerability?_s_id=cve details the local file inclusion issue in version 1.1.8.1, with mitigation achieved by updating to version 1.1.9 or later.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion') vulnerability in villatheme Sales Countdown Timer for WooCommerce and WordPress sctv-sales-countdown-timer allows PHP Local File Inclusion.This issue affects Sales Countdown Timer for WooCommerce and WordPress: from…

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n/a through < 1.1.9.

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?

LFI vulnerability in publicly accessible WordPress plugin directly enables network exploitation of the web application for arbitrary local file access/execution (T1190).

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 remediates the PHP local file inclusion flaw in the sctv-sales-countdown-timer plugin by requiring updates to version 1.1.9 or later.

SI-10 Information Input Validation good match
prevent

Enforces validation of user-supplied filenames prior to use in PHP include/require statements, preventing exploitation of improper filename controls leading to LFI.

RA-5 Vulnerability Monitoring and Scanning partial match
detect

Scans for known vulnerabilities like CVE-2026-27052 in WordPress plugins, identifying the LFI issue for timely patching.

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