OtakuWordPress extension · Ancorathemes
CVE-2025-58896
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 Otaku otaku allows PHP Local File Inclusion.This issue affects Otaku: from n/a through <= 1.8.0.
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 confidenceThis is a PHP Local File Inclusion (LFI) vulnerability in the AncoraThemes Otaku WordPress theme. The vulnerability stems from improper control of filenames in include/require statements, allowing attackers to manipulate file path parameters to include arbitrary PHP files from the local server.
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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
OtakuWordPress extension
<= 1.8.0CVSS 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 Otaku theme versionCheck the theme's style.css header (typically in /wp-content/themes/otaku/) for the 'Version:' field, or look for a version constant in functions.php or version.phpAffected if The installed version is 1.8.0 or lower
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Locate file inclusion functionsSearch PHP files in the theme directory for include, require, include_once, or require_once statements. Use: grep -r "include\|require" --include="*.php" /path/to/otaku/theme/Affected if Unvalidated user input is used in any include/require statement
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Identify user-controlled parametersExamine the include/require statements found to determine if they use $_GET, $_POST, or other user-supplied data as all or part of the file path without sanitizationAffected if A parameter like ?file= or ?page= is used directly in an include/require without validation
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Verify parameter reachabilityCheck if the vulnerable code is in an accessible PHP file (not admin-only) and if the parameter can be passed via URL GET or form POSTAffected if The vulnerable include/require is reachable without authentication or with user-level access
A user is affected if the Otaku theme version is 1.8.0 or lower AND any PHP file in the theme uses include/require with unsanitized user-supplied input that can be controlled via URL or form parameters.
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 dataUpgrade to the latest patched version of the Otaku theme. If no patch is available, implement strict input validation using whitelist approaches on all file inclusion parameters and verify that allow_url_include is disabled in PHP configuration.
Fix this in Otaku
Scoped from the published advisory
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- Implementation6.0 h
- Testing3.0 h
- Review / QA2.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2025-58896 in production — separate from our analysis above.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
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