AltairWordPress extension · Themegoods
CVE-2025-32928
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 ThemeGoods Altair altair allows Object Injection.This issue affects Altair: from n/a through <= 5.2.2.
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 ThemeGoods Altair theme contains a PHP Object Injection vulnerability due to unsafe deserialization of untrusted data. Attackers can exploit this by sending crafted serialized PHP objects to vulnerable endpoints, potentially achieving remote code execution through gadget chains.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data
AltairWordPress extension
<= 5.2.2CVSS 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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Identify if Altair theme is installedCheck your WordPress or website installation for the Themegoods Altair theme folder, typically found in /wp-content/themes/altair/ or similar theme directoriesAffected if The Altair theme by Themegoods is present in the installation
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Determine the installed Altair theme versionOpen the theme's style.css file or functions.php and locate the version declaration, or check the theme header for the Version fieldAffected if The version number is 5.2.2 or lower
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Search for unsafe unserialize() calls in theme filesUse grep or a file search to scan PHP files in the Altair theme directory for patterns like 'unserialize($_' or 'unserialize($_GET' or 'unserialize($_POST' or 'unserialize($_REQUEST'Affected if Any unserialize() calls accept untrusted input from superglobals without validation
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Identify endpoints that accept serialized dataReview theme PHP files for endpoints, AJAX handlers, or form processors that process user input and pass it to unserialize()Affected if The theme contains handlers that accept and deserialize user-supplied data without sanitization
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Check for known gadget chain vectorsInspect if the theme or included libraries contain classes that could be used for PHP object injection gadget chains (common targets: __wakeup, __destruct, __toString magic methods)Affected if The environment contains exploitable gadget classes alongside the unsafe unserialize calls
You are affected if the Altair theme version is 5.2.2 or lower AND your installation contains unserialize() calls that process untrusted user input without validation.
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 dataUpgrade to a patched version of the Altair theme. If no patch is available, identify and remediate unsafe unserialize() calls by replacing with safe alternatives like json_decode() and implementing strict input validation.
Fix this in Altair
Scoped from the published advisory
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- Implementation6.0 h
- Testing3.0 h
- Review / QA2.0 h
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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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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2025-32928 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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