Cyber Posture

CVE-2025-69410

High

Published: 20 February 2026

Published
20 February 2026
Modified
15 April 2026
KEV Added
Patch
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 0.0006 17.4th percentile
Risk Priority 16 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

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-2025-69410 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, in the Edge-Themes Belletrist WordPress theme. This issue affects Belletrist versions from n/a through 1.2. 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 network accessibility, high attack complexity, no privileges or user interaction required, and high impacts across confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

Unauthenticated attackers can exploit this vulnerability remotely by manipulating filename controls in PHP include/require statements within the affected theme. Exploitation requires high complexity but allows adversaries to include and execute local PHP files, potentially leading to unauthorized access, code execution, data disclosure, modification, or denial of service aligning with the high CIA triad impacts.

The Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Theme/belletrist/vulnerability/wordpress-belletrist-theme-1-2-local-file-inclusion-vulnerability?_s_id=cve documents the Local File Inclusion vulnerability in the Belletrist WordPress theme version 1.2. The CVE was published on 2026-02-20T16:22:29.157.

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.
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.
Why these techniques?

Unauthenticated remote exploitation of WordPress theme vulnerability (T1190) enables local file inclusion for accessing sensitive data from the local system (T1005).

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

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