CVE-2025-32572
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 Climax Themes Kata Plus kata-plus allows Object Injection.This issue affects Kata Plus: from n/a through <= 1.5.3.
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 Kata Plus theme plugin for WordPress contains a deserialization vulnerability where untrusted data is unsafely processed, allowing attackers to inject arbitrary PHP objects. This object injection can potentially lead to remote code execution if exploitable classes exist in the application's scope.
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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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Confirm Kata Plus theme installationNavigate to wp-content/themes/ directory and check for a folder named kata-plus, or check the theme via WordPress admin under Appearance > ThemesAffected if The kata-plus theme folder exists in the WordPress themes directory
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Identify installed Kata Plus versionCheck the style.css file within the kata-plus theme folder for the 'Version:' header, or view theme details in WordPress admin under Appearance > Themes > Kata PlusAffected if The version listed is 1.5.3 or lower
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Search for vulnerable unserialize callsUse grep or a file search to scan PHP files in the kata-plus theme directory for patterns like 'unserialize($_' or 'unserialize($_GET', 'unserialize($_POST', 'unserialize($_REQUEST' without proper validation checks nearbyAffected if Any PHP files contain unserialize() calls that process input from superglobal arrays without validation
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Verify deserialization sinks receive user inputReview identified unserialize() calls to confirm the data source is user-controlled (from request parameters, form submissions, or database fields that can be manipulated by users)Affected if The unserialize() function processes data that originates from external user input without sanitization
A system is affected if it runs Kata Plus theme version 1.5.3 or lower AND contains unserialize() calls that handle unvalidated user-supplied data.
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 Kata Plus to the latest patched version immediately. Until patched, consider disabling the plugin or implementing web application firewall rules to detect and block malicious serialized payloads.
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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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