CVE-2025-60228CWE-502insecure-deserialization

CVE-2025-60228

High · published October 22, 2025

CVSS v3.1
8.8
EPSS
1%
Percentile
44.2
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

🚨 A dangerous object injection flaw lurks in the designthemes Knowledge Base, affecting versions up to 2.9! 🔥 Think of this vulnerability like a restaurant accepting any dish order without verifying the ingredients — a recipe for disaster! In this case, if untrusted data comes in, it can lead to unexpected results, just like serving a 'mystery meat' special. An attacker could exploit this flaw to insert malicious objects, potentially taking control of the system. This could lead to data breaches, tampering, and giving attackers the keys to the kingdom, changing how the application operates altogether. Yikes!

Put simply

Think of this vulnerability like a restaurant accepting any dish order without verifying the ingredients — a recipe for disaster! In this case, if untrusted data comes in, it can lead to unexpected results, just like serving a 'mystery meat' special. This vulnerability arises from improper handling of deserialization of untrusted data, allowing attackers to inject objects into the application. If exploited, it can lead to arbitrary code execution and other malicious outcomes.

What to do

An attacker could exploit this flaw to insert malicious objects, potentially taking control of the system. This could lead to data breaches, tampering, and giving attackers the keys to the kingdom, changing how the application operates altogether. Yikes! To protect yourself, immediately update to the latest version of the Knowledge Base plugin. Additionally, ensure you implement proper validation of any incoming data to prevent such manipulations. Don't let the bad guys win! You've got this! With these fixes, you'll fortify your defenses in no time. 🛡️

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
8.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00533 · 44.2th percentile
Weakness
CWE-502 · Deserialization of Untrusted Data
Published
2025-10-22T19:16Z
References (1)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 22 OCT 14:32Z
    WordPress Knowledge Base theme <= 2.9 - PHP Object Injection vulnerability
    cvelistv5