PlayfulWordPress extension · Ancorathemes
CVE-2025-58890
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedImproper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion') vulnerability in AncoraThemes Playful playful allows PHP Local File Inclusion.This issue affects Playful: from n/a through <= 1.19.0.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceThe Playful theme by AncoraThemes contains a PHP Local File Inclusion (LFI) vulnerability due to improper control of filenames in include/require statements. This allows attackers to potentially include arbitrary PHP files from the server, which could lead to remote code execution if an attacker can upload or control included files.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data
PlayfulWordPress extension
<= 1.19.0CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify the installed Playful theme versionLocate the theme's style.css file (typically in /wp-content/themes/playful/) and look for the 'Version:' header in the file comments, or check the theme's main PHP file for a version constant definition.Affected if The reported version is 1.19.0 or lower.
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Search for dynamic include/require statementsGrep the theme's PHP files for patterns like 'include(', 'require(', 'include_once(', 'require_once(' that use variables or superglobals (e.g., $_GET, $_POST, $_REQUEST) as part of the path.Affected if Any include/require statement directly uses unsanitized user input from $_GET, $_POST, or $_REQUEST parameters.
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Identify vulnerable file inclusion parametersReview the parameters passed to include/require calls - look for common parameter names like 'file', 'path', 'page', 'template', 'slug', or 'theme_file' that may be controllable via URL or form input.Affected if The identified parameters are not validated against an allowed list and permit path traversal sequences like '../' or absolute paths.
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Verify if the vulnerability is exploitableTest whether the affected include/require parameter accepts and processes path traversal sequences (e.g., ../../../../etc/passwd) or references files outside the theme directory.Affected if The server returns content from files outside the intended theme directory when path traversal is used.
A system is affected if it runs Playful theme version 1.19.0 or lower AND contains include/require statements that use unsanitized user-supplied input for file paths.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpdate to the latest patched version of the Playful theme once available, or implement strict whitelist-based input validation on all parameters used in include/require statements to prevent path traversal.
Fix this in Playful
Scoped from the published advisory
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- Review / QA2.0 h
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