# CVE-2025-69174: ThemeREX Etude Local File Inclusion

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2025-69174-themerex-etude-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-2025-69174 · Severity: high · CVSS 8.1 · Published 2026-06-17

The Etude 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 internal configuration files, such as those containing database passwords, potentially leading to a full takeover of the website and its data. This issue affects all versions of the theme up to and including 1.6, and there is currently no official fix available from the developer.

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

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2025-69174 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2025-69174 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2025-69174?** High severity, with a CVSS score of 8.1, published 17 June 2026.

**Which products and versions are affected?** ThemeREX Etude <= 1.6.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2025-69174?** 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-2025-69174 attacked?** It is attacked over the network, in a web application.

**Am I affected by CVE-2025-69174?** Check whether you run ThemeREX Etude 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 Etude theme for WordPress (versions <= 1.6) due to improper control of filenames in PHP include/require statements (CWE-98). An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit this by sending specially crafted requests to include local files from the server's filesystem. Successful exploitation can lead to the disclosure of sensitive information, such as wp-config.php, which contains database credentials. While the attack vector is network-based and requires no privileges, the CVSS assessment indicates high complexity, likely due to specific environmental requirements or input sanitization that must be bypassed. As of the advisory date, no official patch has been released.

## Affected products

- ThemeREX Etude <= 1.6

## Timeline

- 2025-11-09: other: Vulnerability reported by researcher Bonds
- 2026-05-27: disclosed: Vulnerability details published by Patchstack
- 2026-06-17: advisory: CVE published in NVD

## References

- [https://wordpress.org/themes](https://wordpress.org/themes)
- [https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/theme/etude/vulnerability/wordpress-etude-theme-1-6-local-file-inclusion-vulnerability?_s_id=cve](https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/theme/etude/vulnerability/wordpress-etude-theme-1-6-local-file-inclusion-vulnerability?_s_id=cve)