PHP Remote File Inclusion Vulnerability in AxiomThemes Smash Theme
CVE-2025-53443

8.1HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

WordPress
Status
Smash
Vendor
CVE Published:
18 December 2025

What is CVE-2025-53443?

The AxiomThemes Smash theme contains a vulnerability that allows attackers to exploit improper control of filenames in include/require statements, leading to PHP Local File Inclusion. This allows unauthorized access to sensitive files on the server, potentially compromising the entire application and its data. Users of Smash theme version 1.7 and earlier are particularly at risk.

Affected Version(s)

Smash 0 <= 1.7

References

https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Theme/smash/vul...
vdb-entry

CVSS V3.1

Score:
8.1
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
High
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Bonds | Patchstack Bug Bounty Program
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