Cyber Posture

CVE-2025-58927

High

Published: 18 December 2025

Published
18 December 2025
Modified
20 January 2026
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0022 44.7th percentile
Risk Priority 16 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Description

Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion') vulnerability in axiomthemes Stallion stallion allows PHP Local File Inclusion.This issue affects Stallion: from n/a through <= 1.17.

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5)AI

SI-2 Flaw Remediation good match
prevent

Directly mitigates the vulnerability by identifying, prioritizing, and applying patches to the flawed PHP include/require logic in the Stallion WordPress theme.

SI-10 Information Input Validation good match
prevent

Enforces validation of untrusted inputs used as filenames in PHP include/require statements to block local file inclusion via path traversal.

CM-6 Configuration Settings partial match
prevent

Establishes secure PHP configuration settings such as open_basedir restrictions to limit the scope of accessible local files during inclusion attempts.

Security SummaryAI

CVE-2025-58927 is an Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program vulnerability, classified as PHP Remote File Inclusion, within the axiomthemes Stallion WordPress theme. Specifically, it enables PHP Local File Inclusion and affects Stallion versions from n/a through 1.17.

The vulnerability has 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), indicating exploitation over the network with high attack complexity, requiring no privileges or user interaction, and resulting in high impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Unauthenticated remote attackers can leverage this to perform local file inclusion, potentially leading to unauthorized access or execution of local files on the server.

Mitigation details are available in the Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Theme/stallion/vulnerability/wordpress-stallion-theme-1-17-local-file-inclusion-vulnerability?_s_id=cve.

Details

CWE(s)
CWE-98

Affected Products

axiomthemes
stallion
≤ 1.17

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 vulnerability in public-facing WordPress theme enables remote exploitation (T1190) and facilitates reading/executing arbitrary local files for data from local system (T1005) and file/directory discovery (T1083).

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

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