CVE-2025-58896 Vulnerability Analysis & Exploit Details

CVE-2025-58896
Vulnerability Scoring

8.1
/10
Severe Risk

Cybersecurity professionals consider CVE-2025-58896 an immediate threat requiring urgent mitigation.

Attack Complexity Details

  • Attack Complexity: High
    Exploits require significant effort and special conditions.
  • Attack Vector: Network
    Vulnerability is exploitable over a network without physical access.
  • Privileges Required: None
    No privileges are required for exploitation.
  • Scope: Unchanged
    Exploit remains within the originally vulnerable component.
  • User Interaction: None
    No user interaction is necessary for exploitation.

CVE-2025-58896 Details

Status: Modified

Last updated: 🕖 27 Apr 2026, 19:16 UTC
Originally published on: 🕗 18 Dec 2025, 08:15 UTC

Time between publication and last update: 130 days

CVSS Release: version 3

CVSS3 Source

audit@patchstack.com

CVSS3 Type

Secondary

CVSS3 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVE-2025-58896 Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2025-58896: Improper 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.

Assessing the Risk of CVE-2025-58896

Access Complexity Graph

The exploitability of CVE-2025-58896 depends on two key factors: attack complexity (the level of effort required to execute an exploit) and privileges required (the access level an attacker needs).

Exploitability Analysis for CVE-2025-58896

CVE-2025-58896 presents a challenge to exploit due to its high attack complexity, but the absence of privilege requirements still makes it a viable target for skilled attackers. A thorough security review is advised.

Understanding AC and PR

A lower complexity and fewer privilege requirements make exploitation easier. Security teams should evaluate these aspects to determine the urgency of mitigation strategies, such as patch management and access control policies.

Attack Complexity (AC) measures the difficulty in executing an exploit. A high AC means that specific conditions must be met, making an attack more challenging, while a low AC means the vulnerability can be exploited with minimal effort.

Privileges Required (PR) determine the level of system access necessary for an attack. Vulnerabilities requiring no privileges are more accessible to attackers, whereas high privilege requirements limit exploitation to authorized users with elevated access.

CVSS Score Breakdown Chart

Above is the CVSS Sub-score Breakdown for CVE-2025-58896, illustrating how Base, Impact, and Exploitability factors combine to form the overall severity rating. A higher sub-score typically indicates a more severe or easier-to-exploit vulnerability.

CIA Impact Analysis

Below is the Impact Analysis for CVE-2025-58896, showing how Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability might be affected if the vulnerability is exploited. Higher values usually signal greater potential damage.

  • Confidentiality: High
    Exploiting CVE-2025-58896 can result in unauthorized access to sensitive data, severely compromising data privacy.
  • Integrity: High
    CVE-2025-58896 could allow unauthorized modifications to data, potentially affecting system reliability and trust.
  • Availability: High
    CVE-2025-58896 can disrupt system operations, potentially causing complete denial of service (DoS).

CVE-2025-58896 References

External References

CWE Common Weakness Enumeration

CWE-98

CAPEC Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification

  • PHP Remote File Inclusion CAPEC-193 In this pattern the adversary is able to load and execute arbitrary code remotely available from the application. This is usually accomplished through an insecurely configured PHP runtime environment and an improperly sanitized "include" or "require" call, which the user can then control to point to any web-accessible file. This allows adversaries to hijack the targeted application and force it to execute their own instructions.

Vulnerable Configurations

  • cpe:2.3:a:ancorathemes:otaku:1.0:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ancorathemes:otaku:1.0:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:ancorathemes:otaku:1.1:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ancorathemes:otaku:1.1:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:ancorathemes:otaku:1.2:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ancorathemes:otaku:1.2:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:ancorathemes:otaku:1.3:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ancorathemes:otaku:1.3:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:ancorathemes:otaku:1.4:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ancorathemes:otaku:1.4:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:ancorathemes:otaku:1.5:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ancorathemes:otaku:1.5:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:ancorathemes:otaku:1.6:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ancorathemes:otaku:1.6:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:ancorathemes:otaku:1.7:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ancorathemes:otaku:1.7:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:ancorathemes:otaku:1.8:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ancorathemes:otaku:1.8:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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