CVE-2025-67988
Published: 20 February 2026
Description
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.
Security Summary
CVE-2025-67988 is an Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program vulnerability, classified as PHP Remote File Inclusion but enabling PHP Local File Inclusion, affecting the LoftOcean CozyStay WordPress theme. The issue impacts all versions of CozyStay from n/a through those prior to 1.9.1. It is associated with CWE-98 and 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), indicating high severity due to potential for significant confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts over a network.
Attackers can exploit this vulnerability remotely without authentication or user interaction, though it requires high attack complexity. Successful exploitation allows local file inclusion, potentially enabling attackers to read sensitive local files on the server, execute arbitrary code under certain conditions, or disrupt service availability.
The Patchstack advisory for the CozyStay WordPress theme references this local file inclusion vulnerability and indicates it is addressed in version 1.9.1, recommending affected users update to this patched release for mitigation.
Details
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MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques
Why these techniques?
The vulnerability is an unauthenticated LFI in a public-facing WordPress theme, directly enabling T1190 (exploit public-facing application) for RCE/DoS and T1005 (data from local system) for sensitive data disclosure via local file reads.