Cyber Posture

CVE-2025-27015

High

Published: 26 March 2025

Published
26 March 2025
Modified
23 April 2026
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0044 63.4th percentile
Risk Priority 15 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Description

Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.

Security Summary

CVE-2025-27015 is an Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program vulnerability, also known as PHP Remote File Inclusion, that enables PHP Local File Inclusion (CWE-98) in the Hostiko WordPress theme developed by designingmedia. This issue affects all versions of the Hostiko theme from n/a through those prior to 30.1.

The vulnerability can be exploited over the network (AV:N) by attackers with low privileges (PR:L), though it requires high attack complexity (AC:H) and no user interaction (UI:N). Successful exploitation grants high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:H/I:H/A:H), with an overall CVSS 3.1 score of 7.5 and unchanged scope (S:U), potentially allowing attackers to include and execute arbitrary local PHP files.

Patchstack advisories indicate that the vulnerability is mitigated in Hostiko version 30.1, recommending that users update to this version or later to address the local file inclusion flaw. Additional details are available at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Theme/hostiko/vulnerability/wordpress-hostiko-theme-30-1-local-file-inclusion-vulnerability?_s_id=cve.

Details

CWE(s)
CWE-98

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

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.
Why these techniques?

LFI vulnerability in public-facing WordPress theme allows network-based exploitation to include/execute arbitrary local PHP files, directly mapping to T1190.

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v19.0

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