HealthhubWordPress extension · Ancorathemes
CVE-2025-58898
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 HealthHub healthhub allows PHP Local File Inclusion.This issue affects HealthHub: from n/a through <= 1.3.0.
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 confidencePHP Local File Inclusion (LFI) vulnerability in AncoraThemes HealthHub allows attackers to include arbitrary local PHP files via unsanitized user input in include/require statements, potentially leading to remote code execution.
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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
HealthhubWordPress extension
<= 1.3.0CVSS 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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Confirm HealthHub installation and versionLocate the HealthHub theme or plugin files (typically in wp-content/themes/healthhub or wp-content/plugins) and check the version in style.css header, version.php, or main plugin fileAffected if Installed version is 1.3.0 or lower
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Find PHP files using include or require with variablesSearch the HealthHub source code for patterns like include($variable), require($_GET[...]), include_once($_POST[...]), or similar dynamic file inclusion using variables in the path argumentAffected if User-controllable input (GET, POST, COOKIE, REQUEST parameters) is used directly in include/require statements without sanitization
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Examine the vulnerable parameter handlingIdentify which URL parameters or input fields feed into the include/require path, then verify whether any validation (allowlist, basename, realpath) occurs before the file inclusion executesAffected if The file path parameter accepts directory traversal sequences (such as ../) or arbitrary file names without proper validation
You are affected if running HealthHub version 1.3.0 or lower AND your installation contains PHP files that use unsanitized user input in include/require statements, allowing path traversal for local file inclusion.
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 dataImplement strict allowlist-based input validation for file paths, avoid direct use of user input in include/require statements, and upgrade to a patched version when available.
Fix this in Healthhub
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- 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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