CVE-2025-53445

HIGH 8.1CVE-2025-53445 · Published 18/12/2025 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2025-53445 is a HIGH (CVSS 8.1) vulnerability affecting catwalk (axiomthemes).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.50%, higher than 42.7% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
catwalk axiomthemes	`≤ 1.4`	No fix yet

Description

Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion') vulnerability in axiomthemes Catwalk catwalk allows PHP Local File Inclusion.This issue affects Catwalk: from n/a through <= 1.4.

References

patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Theme/catwalk/vulnerability/wordpress-catwalk-theme-1-4-local-file-inclusion-vulnerability

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