CVE-2025-32144
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 PickPlugins Job Board Manager job-board-manager allows Object Injection.This issue affects Job Board Manager: from n/a through <= 2.1.61.
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 · moderate confidenceThe PickPlugins Job Board Manager WordPress plugin (versions up to 2.1.61) contains a deserialization vulnerability where untrusted data is passed to PHP's unsafe unserialize() function, allowing attackers to inject arbitrary PHP objects. This object injection can potentially lead to remote code execution if vulnerable magic methods exist in the plugin or other installed classes.
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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
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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 Job Board Manager plugin is installedNavigate to WordPress admin > Plugins and confirm 'Job Board Manager' by PickPlugins is present, or check the /wp-content/plugins/ directory for a job-board-manager folderAffected if The plugin folder exists in the WordPress installation
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Determine installed plugin versionOpen the plugin's main PHP file (typically job-board-manager.php) and locate the Version header in the plugin comment block, or check readme.txt for the 'Stable tag' entryAffected if Version is 2.1.61 or earlier (any version up to and including 2.1.61)
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Locate deserialization code in plugin filesSearch all PHP files in the plugin directory for 'unserialize(' calls, particularly those processing $_POST, $_GET, $_REQUEST, or $_COOKIE superglobalsAffected if Any unserialize() call found that uses unsanitized user input from request parameters
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Identify exposed attack surfaceExamine AJAX action handlers (wp_ajax_ and wp_ajax_nopriv_ hooks) and form processing code for calls to the vulnerable unserialize() functionAffected if An AJAX endpoint or form handler directly passes request data to unserialize() without validation
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Check for registered magic methodsReview all active WordPress plugins and theme functions.php for classes with __wakeup, __destruct, __toString, or __get magic methods that could be exploited via object injectionAffected if Any class with dangerous magic methods is autoloadable and could be triggered by the unserialize() gadget chain
If the plugin is installed, version 2.1.61 or earlier, and contains an unserialize() call handling user input, the environment is vulnerable to CVE-2025-32144.
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 dataUpdate the Job Board Manager plugin to version 2.1.62 or later if a patched version is available. Until then, consider disabling the plugin or implementing web application firewall rules to block requests attempting to exploit deserialization vectors.
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