Cyber Posture

CVE-2025-58946

High

Published: 18 December 2025

Published
18 December 2025
Modified
27 April 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 Vocal vocal allows PHP Local File Inclusion.This issue affects Vocal: from n/a through <= 1.12.

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5)AI

SI-2 Flaw Remediation good match
prevent

Directly mitigates CVE-2025-58946 by requiring identification, reporting, and correction of the PHP Local File Inclusion flaw in the Vocal WordPress theme.

SI-10 Information Input Validation good match
prevent

Prevents exploitation of the improper filename control in PHP include/require by validating user-supplied inputs for malicious paths or filenames.

SI-9 Information Input Restrictions good match
prevent

Enforces restrictions on filename inputs to the Vocal theme's PHP functions, blocking unauthorized local file inclusion attempts via path traversal.

Security SummaryAI

CVE-2025-58946 is an Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program vulnerability, classified as PHP Remote File Inclusion, in the axiomthemes Vocal WordPress theme. The flaw enables PHP Local File Inclusion and affects all versions of Vocal from n/a through 1.12. It carries 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) and is associated with CWE-98.

The vulnerability is exploitable by unauthenticated attackers (PR:N) over the network (AV:N) with 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), allowing PHP Local File Inclusion as described.

Patchstack provides details on the vulnerability in the WordPress Vocal theme version 1.12 via its advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Theme/vocal/vulnerability/wordpress-vocal-theme-1-12-local-file-inclusion-vulnerability?_s_id=cve.

Details

CWE(s)
CWE-98

Affected Products

axiomthemes
vocal
≤ 1.12

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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T1552.001 Credentials In Files Credential Access
Adversaries may search local file systems and remote file shares for files containing insecurely stored credentials.
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Why these techniques?

LFI in public-facing WordPress theme enables initial access via T1190 and facilitates collection of local system data (T1005) or credentials in files like wp-config.php (T1552.001).

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

References