PT-2026-45728 · Confidant · Confidant

CVE-2025-53440 · Published 2026-06-02 · Updated 2026-06-04

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.1

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Confidant versions prior to 1.5

Description Improper control of filenames for include or require statements in the PHP program allows for Local File Inclusion. This occurs when the application fails to properly validate the file paths used in these statements, potentially allowing an attacker to include files from the local file system.

Recommendations Update to a version later than 1.4.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-98

Related Identifiers

CVE-2025-53440

Affected Products

Confidant

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-53440 · Security Note
• https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/theme/confidant/vulnerability/wordpress-confidant-theme-1-4-local-file-inclusion-vulnerability?_s_id=cve · Note
• https://reddit.com/r/StopBadBots/comments/1twww49/insane_record_145_wordpress_plugins_exposed_with · Reddit Post
• https://t.me/cveNotify/165617 · Telegram Post