CVE-2025-27286
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedDeserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability in saoshyant1994 Saoshyant Slider saoshyant-slider allows Object Injection.This issue affects Saoshyant Slider: from n/a through <= 3.0.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceThis is a PHP Object Injection vulnerability in the Saoshyant Slider WordPress plugin. The plugin deserializes untrusted data without proper validation, allowing attackers to inject malicious PHP objects. When crafted with appropriate magic methods (like __wakeup or __destruct), this can lead to remote code execution on the affected WordPress site.
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CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Verify Saoshyant Slider plugin is installedNavigate to WordPress admin > Plugins and look for 'Saoshyant Slider' or check the /wp-content/plugins/ directory for the saoshyant-slider folderAffected if The plugin is present in the WordPress installation
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Identify the installed plugin versionIn WordPress admin > Plugins > Saoshyant Slider, view the plugin details to see the version number. Alternatively, check the main plugin PHP file for the 'Version' header in the plugin comment blockAffected if Version cannot be determined or is earlier than the patched release
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Locate deserialization code in the pluginSearch the plugin files for 'unserialize' function calls. Check AJAX handler files (often in includes/ or classes/ folders) and any file that processes $_POST, $_GET, or $_REQUEST parametersAffected if The plugin code contains unserialize() calls processing external input without validation
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Check if AJAX or public endpoints are accessibleExamine the plugin's AJAX action hooks (look for 'wp_ajax_' and 'wp_ajax_nopriv_' in the code) and verify they can be reached without authenticationAffected if The plugin exposes AJAX endpoints callable by unauthenticated users that handle serialized data
If Saoshyant Slider plugin is installed and processes untrusted serialized data through accessible endpoints without validation, the environment is affected by CVE-2025-27286.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataImmediately update the plugin to the latest version if a patch is available, or disable/remove the saoshyant-slider plugin until a patched version is released. If the plugin is abandoned, replace with a maintained alternative slider solution.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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