CVE-2026-27052
Published: 19 February 2026
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 37.9th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Threat & Defense at a Glance
Threat & Defense Details
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
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).
NVD Description
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.
Deeper analysisAI
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.
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