Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2025-32284

CVE-2025-32284:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability (CVE-2025-32284) was discovered in designthemes Pet World WordPress theme affecting versions through 2.8. The vulnerability was disclosed on May 21, 2025, and was reported by Tran Nguyen Bao Khanh from VCI - VNPT Cyber Immunity (Patchstack).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as a PHP Object Injection issue with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.8 (High). The attack vector is Network-based (AV:N) with Low attack complexity (AC:L), requiring Low privileges (PR:L) and No user interaction (UI:N). The scope is Unchanged (S:U) with High impact on Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability (C:H/I:H/A:H). The vulnerability is tracked as CWE-502 (Deserialization of Untrusted Data) (Patchstack).

Impact

This vulnerability could allow a malicious actor to execute code injection, SQL injection, path traversal, and denial of service attacks if a proper POP chain is present. The high CVSS score of 8.8 indicates that this vulnerability is highly dangerous and expected to become mass exploited (Patchstack).

Mitigation and workarounds

Currently, no official fix is available for this vulnerability. Patchstack has issued a virtual patch to mitigate this issue by blocking potential attacks until an official fix becomes available. Website owners are advised to implement mitigation measures immediately (Patchstack).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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