CVE-2025-53576

WordPress Ovatheme Events Plugin <= 1.2.8 - Local File Inclusion Vulnerability

8.1 High

Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion') vulnerability in ovatheme Ovatheme Events ova-events allows PHP Local File Inclusion.This issue affects Ovatheme Events: from n/a through <= 1.2.8.

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

0.54%Up 0.4 points since Aug 29, 2025

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 8.1

WordPress Ovatheme Events Plugin <= 1.2.8 - Local File Inclusion Vulnerability

Record: CVE-2025-53576
CVSS 3.1: 8.1 HighCVSS: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-2025-25986 8.1

Record: EUVD-2025-25986
CVSS 3.1: 8.1 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated: 2026-11-02

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-pf5g-fgwq-pfh5 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 ovatheme Ovatheme Events allows PHP Local File Inclusion. This issue affects Ovatheme Events: from n/a through 1.2.8.

Record: GHSA-pf5g-fgwq-pfh5
CVSS 3.1: 8.1 HighCVSS: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

Record: CVE-2025-53576
CVSS 3.1: 8.1 HighCVSS: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

ovatheme events

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2025-53576 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.1) in Ovatheme Events, 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.