Cyber Posture

CVE-2026-22363

High

Published: 20 February 2026

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

Description

Adversaries may enumerate files and directories or may search in specific locations of a host or network share for certain information within a file system.

Security Summary

CVE-2026-22363 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 (CWE-98), in the Rhodos WordPress theme developed by axiomthemes. This issue affects all versions of the Rhodos theme from n/a through 1.3.3 inclusive. Published on 2026-02-20, 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).

The vulnerability can be exploited by unauthenticated attackers (PR:N) with network access (AV:N) and no user interaction (UI:N) required, though it demands high attack complexity (AC:H). Successful exploitation allows high-impact compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:H/I:H/A:H) within the unchanged scope (S:U), potentially enabling attackers to read local files or escalate to further compromise depending on server configuration.

The primary advisory from Patchstack details this Local File Inclusion vulnerability in the WordPress Rhodos theme version 1.3.3 and is available at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Theme/rhodos/vulnerability/wordpress-rhodos-theme-1-3-3-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.
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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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T1083 File and Directory Discovery Discovery
Adversaries may enumerate files and directories or may search in specific locations of a host or network share for certain information within a file system.
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Why these techniques?

T1190 for exploiting the public-facing WordPress theme vulnerability; T1005 and T1083 for accessing and discovering sensitive local files via LFI.

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

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