# CVE-2025-69144: ThemeREX Preservation unauthenticated Local File Inclusion

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2025-69144-themerex-preservation-unauthenticated-local-file-inclusion  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2026-06-17. Updated: 2026-06-20  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2025-69144 · Severity: high · CVSS 8.1 · Published 2026-06-17

The Preservation theme for WordPress is vulnerable to a security flaw that allows unauthorized individuals to access sensitive files on the web server. By exploiting this vulnerability, an attacker could view critical configuration files, such as those containing database credentials, potentially leading to a full takeover of the website and its data. This issue affects all versions of the theme up to and including 1.10, and there is currently no official fix available from the developer.

Vendors: [ThemeREX](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/themerex).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2025-69144 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2025-69144 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2025-69144?** High severity, with a CVSS score of 8.1, published 17 June 2026.

**Which products and versions are affected?** ThemeREX Preservation <= 1.10.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2025-69144?** No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.

**How is CVE-2025-69144 attacked?** It is attacked over the network, in a web application.

**Am I affected by CVE-2025-69144?** Check whether you run ThemeREX Preservation at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## Technical details

A Local File Inclusion (LFI) vulnerability exists in the ThemeREX Preservation theme for WordPress through version 1.10. The flaw stems from improper control of filenames in PHP 'include' or 'require' statements (CWE-98), allowing an unauthenticated remote attacker to include arbitrary files from the local server. While the attack complexity is rated as high, successful exploitation could allow an attacker to read sensitive system files or execute code if combined with other techniques like log poisoning. As of the advisory date, no official patch has been released by the vendor; users are advised to seek alternative mitigations or themes.

## Affected products

- ThemeREX Preservation <= 1.10

## Timeline

- 2025-10-31: other: Vulnerability reported by researcher Bonds
- 2026-05-26: advisory: Patchstack published vulnerability details
- 2026-06-17: disclosed: CVE published to NVD

## References

- [https://wordpress.org/themes](https://wordpress.org/themes)
- [https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/theme/preservation/vulnerability/wordpress-preservation-theme-1-10-local-file-inclusion-vulnerability?_s_id=cve](https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/theme/preservation/vulnerability/wordpress-preservation-theme-1-10-local-file-inclusion-vulnerability?_s_id=cve)