CVE-2025-68063
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 · uneditedContributor Local File Inclusion in Splash - Sport Club WordPress Theme for Basketball, Football, Hockey <= 4.4.3 versions.
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 · high confidenceThis is a Local File Inclusion (LFI) vulnerability in the Splash WordPress theme (versions 4.4.3 and below) that allows users with Contributor-level permissions to read arbitrary files from the server file system. The vulnerability stems from insufficient input validation in theme components, enabling attackers to traverse directory paths and access sensitive system files.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
CVSS 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
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/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 Splash theme is installedNavigate to Appearance > Themes in WordPress admin dashboard. Look for 'Splash' in the installed themes list and note whether it is the active theme.Affected if Splash theme is installed and active on the WordPress site
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Check installed Splash theme versionIn WordPress admin, go to Appearance > Themes. Click on the Splash theme to open its details panel. Locate the version number displayed there and compare it to 4.4.3 or lower.Affected if The displayed version is 4.4.3 or any version lower than 4.4.3
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Verify Contributor role exists and has accessGo to Users > All Users in WordPress admin. Review the list of users and check if any accounts are assigned the 'Contributor' role.Affected if At least one user with Contributor role exists on the site
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Inspect theme components for file inclusion logicAccess the WordPress file system via FTP or file manager. Navigate to wp-content/themes/splash/ and examine PHP files, particularly in directories like includes/, functions/, or templates/. Look for code that uses include, require, or similar functions with user-controlled variables (such as parameters that could be used for path traversal).Affected if Theme files contain file inclusion functions that accept未经 sanitized input parameters capable of directory traversal (e.g., ../ sequences)
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Check for suspicious file access patternsReview web server access logs (apache2/access.log, nginx/access.log) or WordPress debug logs for requests containing ../ patterns or common system file paths (e.g., /etc/passwd, wp-config.php) that originate from Contributor-level users.Affected if Logs show directory traversal attempts or unauthorized file access from Contributor-level user accounts
The site is affected if Splash theme version 4.4.3 or lower is installed and active, and Contributor-level users can access theme components with insufficient input validation for 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 dataUpdate the Splash theme to a version newer than 4.4.3. If an update is unavailable, disable the theme and switch to a secure alternative until a patch is released.
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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-2025-68063 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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