CVE-2025-53244
WordPress Magazine Elite Theme <= 1.2.4 - Local File Inclusion Vulnerability
Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion') vulnerability in unfoldwp Magazine Elite magazine-elite allows PHP Local File Inclusion.This issue affects Magazine Elite: from n/a through <= 1.2.4.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
8.1
WordPress Magazine Elite Theme <= 1.2.4 - Local File Inclusion Vulnerability
Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion') vulnerability in unfoldwp Magazine Elite magazine-elite allows PHP Local File Inclusion.This issue affects Magazine Elite: from n/a through <= 1.2.4.
- Record
CVE-2025-53244- CVSS 3.1
- 8.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-98
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-25996
8.1
Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion') vulnerability in unfoldwp Magazine Elite magazine-elite allows PHP Local File Inclusion.This issue affects Magazine Elite: from n/a through <= 1.2.4.
- Record
EUVD-2025-25996- CVSS 3.1
- 8.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-2hwp-78q9-9xwc
8.1
Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File...
Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion') vulnerability in Unfoldwp Magazine Elite allows PHP Local File Inclusion. This issue affects Magazine Elite: from n/a through 1.2.4.
- Record
GHSA-2hwp-78q9-9xwc- CVSS 3.1
- 8.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-98
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
8.1
Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion') vulnerability in unfoldwp Magazine Elite magazine-elite allows PHP Local File Inclusion.This issue affects Magazine Elite: from n/a through <= 1.2.4.
- Record
CVE-2025-53244- CVSS 3.1
- 8.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-98
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2025-53244 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.1) in Unfoldwp Magazine Elite, published August 28, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.54%, the 45th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Theme/magazine-elite/vulnerability/wordpress-magazine-elite-theme-1-2-4-local-file-inclusion-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-53244
patchstack.com/database/wordpress/theme/magazine-elite/vulnerability/wordpress-magazine-elite-theme-1-2-4-local-file-inclusion-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
github.com/advisories/GHSA-2hwp-78q9-9xwc