CWE-98 (Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion')) documents a weakness type used across vulnerability databases and security assessments. Use the sections below for definition, context, and mapped CVEs.
The PHP application receives input from an upstream component, but it does not restrict or incorrectly restricts the input before its usage in "require," "include," or similar functions.
| Kind | Name | Class | Prevalence | OS / CPE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| language | PHP | — | Often | — |
| technology | — | Web Based | Undetermined | — |
| technology | Web Server | — | Undetermined | — |
These CVEs are mapped to this weakness in this database and kept for traceability and search.
| CVE | Published | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-44177 | 2026-07-16 | Kirby is an open-source content management system. In versions 5.3.0 and above but prior to 5.4.1, Kirby did not correctly validate the provided user ID, resulting in a path traversal vulnerability. V… |
| CVE-2026-46687 | 2026-07-16 | Emlog is an open source website building system. In 2.6.13 and earlier, the article publishing interface stores a path-traversal template parameter from api_controller.php without validation, and log_… |
| CVE-2026-57805 | 2026-07-13 | Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion') vulnerability in Select-Themes Tonda tonda allows PHP Local File Inclusion.This issue affects To… |
| CVE-2026-57804 | 2026-07-13 | Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion') vulnerability in CodexThemes TheGem Theme Elements (for Elementor) thegem-elements-elementor all… |
| CVE-2026-57803 | 2026-07-13 | Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion') vulnerability in Select-Themes Struktur Core struktur-core allows PHP Local File Inclusion.This … |
| CVE-2026-57802 | 2026-07-13 | Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion') vulnerability in Select-Themes Struktur struktur allows PHP Local File Inclusion.This issue affe… |
| CVE-2026-57801 | 2026-07-13 | Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion') vulnerability in Select-Themes SetSail setsail allows PHP Local File Inclusion.This issue affect… |
| CVE-2026-57800 | 2026-07-13 | Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion') vulnerability in Edge-Themes Overworld overworld allows PHP Local File Inclusion.This issue affe… |
| CVE-2026-57799 | 2026-07-13 | Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion') vulnerability in uxper Nuss nuss allows PHP Local File Inclusion.This issue affects Nuss: from n… |
| CVE-2026-57798 | 2026-07-13 | Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion') vulnerability in SaurabhSharma NewsPlus Shortcodes newsplus-shortcodes allows PHP Local File Inc… |
| CVE-2026-57796 | 2026-07-13 | Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion') vulnerability in VLThemes Leedo leedo allows PHP Local File Inclusion.This issue affects Leedo: … |
| CVE-2026-57795 | 2026-07-13 | Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion') vulnerability in themelexus Kitchor kitchor allows PHP Local File Inclusion.This issue affects K… |
| CVE-2026-57794 | 2026-07-13 | Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion') vulnerability in uxper Golo Framework golo-framework allows PHP Local File Inclusion.This issue … |
| CVE-2026-57793 | 2026-07-13 | Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion') vulnerability in Elated-Themes Flow flow allows PHP Local File Inclusion.This issue affects Flow… |
| CVE-2026-57792 | 2026-07-13 | Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion') vulnerability in Mikado-Themes Dør dor allows PHP Local File Inclusion.This issue affects Dør: f… |
| CVE-2026-57791 | 2026-07-13 | Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion') vulnerability in ThemeMove Brook brook allows PHP Local File Inclusion.This issue affects Brook:… |
| CVE-2026-57790 | 2026-07-13 | Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion') vulnerability in ThemeMove Billey billey allows PHP Local File Inclusion.This issue affects Bill… |
| CVE-2026-57789 | 2026-07-13 | Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion') vulnerability in jwsthemes Aqua aqua allows PHP Local File Inclusion.This issue affects Aqua: fr… |
| CVE-2026-57788 | 2026-07-13 | Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion') vulnerability in Edge-Themes Aalto aalto allows PHP Local File Inclusion.This issue affects Aalt… |
| CVE-2026-57743 | 2026-07-13 | Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion') vulnerability in stmcan RT-Theme 18 | Extensions rt18-extensions allows PHP Local File Inclusion… |
| Date | Name | Version | Importance | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008-07-01 | Eric Dalci | 1.0 | — | updated Time_of_Introduction |
| 2008-09-08 | CWE Content Team | 1.0 | — | updated Relationships, Relationship_Notes, Research_Gaps, Taxonomy_Mappings |
| 2009-01-12 | CWE Content Team | 1.2 | — | updated Relationships |
| 2009-03-10 | CWE Content Team | 1.3 | — | updated Relationships |
| 2009-05-27 | CWE Content Team | 1.4 | — | updated Description, Name |
| 2009-12-28 | CWE Content Team | 1.7 | — | updated Alternate_Terms, Applicable_Platforms, Demonstrative_Examples, Likelihood_of_Exploit, Potential_Mitigations, Time_of_Introduction |
| 2010-02-16 | CWE Content Team | 1.8 | Critical | converted from Compound_Element to Weakness |
| 2010-02-16 | CWE Content Team | 1.8 | — | updated Alternate_Terms, Common_Consequences, Detection_Factors, Potential_Mitigations, References, Related_Attack_Patterns, Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings, Type |
| 2010-06-21 | CWE Content Team | 1.9 | — | updated Potential_Mitigations, References |
| 2010-09-27 | CWE Content Team | 1.10 | — | updated Potential_Mitigations |
| 2010-12-13 | CWE Content Team | 1.11 | — | updated Potential_Mitigations |
| 2011-06-27 | CWE Content Team | 2.0 | — | updated Relationships |
| 2012-10-30 | CWE Content Team | 2.3 | — | updated Potential_Mitigations, References |
| 2013-02-21 | CWE Content Team | 2.4 | — | updated Alternate_Terms, Name, Observed_Examples |
| 2017-01-19 | CWE Content Team | 2.10 | — | updated Relationships |
| 2017-11-08 | CWE Content Team | 3.0 | — | updated Affected_Resources, Demonstrative_Examples, Likelihood_of_Exploit, Modes_of_Introduction, References, Relationships |
| 2019-06-20 | CWE Content Team | 3.3 | — | updated Type |
| 2020-02-24 | CWE Content Team | 4.0 | — | updated Potential_Mitigations, Relationships |
| 2020-06-25 | CWE Content Team | 4.1 | — | updated Potential_Mitigations |
| 2021-03-15 | CWE Content Team | 4.4 | — | updated Potential_Mitigations |
| 2021-10-28 | CWE Content Team | 4.6 | — | updated Relationships |
| 2022-04-28 | CWE Content Team | 4.7 | — | updated Research_Gaps |
| 2022-10-13 | CWE Content Team | 4.9 | — | updated References |
| 2023-01-31 | CWE Content Team | 4.10 | — | updated Description, Detection_Factors |
| 2023-04-27 | CWE Content Team | 4.11 | — | updated References, Relationships, Time_of_Introduction |
| 2023-06-29 | CWE Content Team | 4.12 | — | updated Mapping_Notes |
| 2025-04-03 | CWE Content Team | 4.17 | — | updated Demonstrative_Examples |
| 2025-09-09 | CWE Content Team | 4.18 | — | updated Potential_Mitigations, References |
| 2025-12-11 | CWE Content Team | 4.19 | — | updated Applicable_Platforms, Demonstrative_Examples, Relationships, Weakness_Ordinalities |