CVE-2025-26967
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability (CVE-2025-26967) was discovered in Stiofan Events Calendar for GeoDirectory affecting versions through 2.3.14. The vulnerability was disclosed on February 23, 2025, and allows for PHP Object Injection in the WordPress plugin (Patchstack).

Technical details

The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 Base Score of 8.8 (HIGH) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. The issue is classified as CWE-502 (Deserialization of Untrusted Data) and requires contributor-level privileges to exploit (NVD, Patchstack).

Impact

This vulnerability could potentially allow attackers to execute code injection, SQL injection, path traversal, or denial of service attacks if a proper POP chain is present in the target system (Patchstack).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been patched in version 2.3.15. Users are advised to update to this version or later immediately. Additionally, Patchstack has issued a virtual patch to mitigate this issue by blocking any attacks until users update to a fixed version (Patchstack).

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