CVE-2025-69067
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 Tails tails allows PHP Local File Inclusion.This issue affects Tails: from n/a through <= 1.4.12.
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 confidenceLocal File Inclusion (LFI) vulnerability in AncoraThemes Tails theme allows attackers to manipulate file inclusion parameters to read sensitive local files or potentially execute arbitrary PHP code on the server.
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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
- 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 if Tails theme is installedLocate theme files in your web application's themes directory. Look for folders named 'tails', 'Tails', or theme definition files referencing AncoraThemes.Affected if The Tails theme by AncoraThemes is present in the webroot or themes directory.
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Determine the Tails theme versionCheck the theme's style.css header, version.php file, or theme.xml for a version number. Compare against any available patch information.Affected if The installed version is older than the patched version released for CVE-2025-69067.
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Locate file inclusion codeSearch the theme's PHP files for include, include_once, require, or require_once statements that use variables as file paths (e.g., include($file); include($_GET['page']);).Affected if The theme contains PHP file inclusion functions using dynamic variable paths.
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Verify user input reaches file inclusionTrace the variables used in file inclusion functions back to their source. Check if $_GET, $_POST, or $_REQUEST parameters are passed directly to include/require statements.Affected if User-supplied input from URL parameters or form data flows directly to file inclusion functions without sanitization.
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Inspect file path parameters for path traversalExamine the code handling file path parameters. Look for lack of sanitization preventing ../ sequences or absolute path inputs.Affected if The file inclusion parameters accept path traversal sequences (../) or absolute file paths without validation.
If the Tails theme is installed and uses dynamic file inclusion with unsanitized user input, the environment is vulnerable to CVE-2025-69067.
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 patched version of the Tails theme if available; otherwise, implement strict input validation and whitelist-based file inclusion logic to prevent path traversal.
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- Implementation4.0 h
- Testing2.0 h
- Review / QA1.0 h
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