CVE-2025-68537
Published: 24 December 2025
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-2025-68537 is an Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement vulnerability, classified as PHP Remote File Inclusion, in the Zota WordPress theme by thembay. The flaw allows PHP Local File Inclusion and affects Zota versions from n/a through 1.3.14 inclusive. It is associated with CWE-98 and received 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).
An attacker with low privileges can exploit this vulnerability over the network, though it requires high attack complexity and no user interaction. Successful exploitation enables high-impact compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability on the affected system.
Patchstack documents this local file inclusion vulnerability in the Zota WordPress theme version 1.3.14 within their database.
Details
- CWE(s)
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques
Why these techniques?
T1190 for exploiting the public-facing WordPress theme vulnerability (LFI via improper PHP include); T1005 for reading sensitive local files enabled by LFI.