CVE-2025-32928
NixOS vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The vulnerability (CVE-2025-32928) was discovered in the ThemeGoods Altair WordPress theme affecting versions 5.2.2 and below. Initially reported on December 19, 2024, and publicly disclosed on April 21, 2025, it is classified as a Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability that allows for Object Injection (Wiz, NVD).

Technical details

The vulnerability is categorized as a PHP Object Injection issue with a Critical CVSS v3.1 score of 9.8 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H). It allows for unauthenticated exploitation, requiring no special privileges to execute, and is identified under CWE-502 (Deserialization of Untrusted Data) (Patchstack).

Impact

The vulnerability could potentially enable malicious actors 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 9.8 indicates critical severity and potential for significant impact (Wiz, Patchstack).

Mitigation and workarounds

As of the disclosure date, no official fix is available for this vulnerability. Patchstack has issued a virtual patch to mitigate the issue by blocking potential attacks until an official fix becomes available. Users are advised to implement mitigation measures immediately (Patchstack).

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