Cyber Posture

CVE-2025-68563

High

Published: 24 December 2025

Published
24 December 2025
Modified
27 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 0.0022 44.5th 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-2025-68563 is an Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program vulnerability, described as PHP Remote File Inclusion but enabling PHP Local File Inclusion, affecting the WordPress plugin Subscribe to Unlock Lite (subscribe-to-unlock-lite). The issue impacts all versions from n/a through 1.3.0 and is associated with CWE-98.

The vulnerability has 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), indicating exploitation over the network with high attack complexity, low privileges required, and no user interaction. An authenticated attacker with low privileges could leverage this to achieve high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, such as executing arbitrary local files on the server.

Patchstack provides details on this vulnerability, including mitigation guidance, at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/subscribe-to-unlock-lite/vulnerability/wordpress-subscribe-to-unlock-lite-plugin-1-3-0-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?

The vulnerability is an unauthenticated remote file inclusion (LFI) in a public-facing WordPress plugin, directly enabling exploitation of a public-facing application for remote code execution.

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

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