PhotographyWordPress extension · Themegoods
CVE-2025-47579
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 Photography photography allows Object Injection.This issue affects Photography: from n/a through <= 7.7.2.
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 · high confidenceA deserialization vulnerability in the ThemeGoods Photography component allows unauthenticated attackers to inject malicious PHP objects by supplying untrusted serialized data. This object injection can lead to remote code execution if certain magic methods are present in the application or connected libraries.
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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
PhotographyWordPress extension
<= 7.7.2CVSS 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
- High
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/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 ThemeGoods Photography component is installedCheck your WordPress plugins/themes directory or admin panel for the ThemeGoods Photography component. Look in wp-content/plugins/ or wp-content/themes/ for directories containing 'themegoods' or 'photography' in the name.Affected if The component is present in the installation
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Identify the installed versionCheck the component's main PHP file for a version constant or the style.css / readme.txt for the version declaration. Common paths include the component's root directory or includes files.Affected if Version is 7.7.2 or lower
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Locate deserialization code in the componentSearch the component's PHP files for usage of unserialize() function, particularly where it processes input from $_GET, $_POST, $_REQUEST, or cookie data. Use grep or file search tools to find 'unserialize' patterns.Affected if unserialize() calls exist that handle untrusted input without prior sanitization
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Verify input source for deserializationExamine the code around unserialize() calls to determine if the data being deserialized comes from user-controlled sources like request parameters, headers, or stored data that could be manipulated.Affected if User-supplied data flows directly into unserialize() without validation
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Check for available magic methods in connected codeReview custom classes or included libraries within the component for __destruct, __wakeup, __toString, or other magic methods that could be chained for RCE when PHP objects are injected.Affected if Magic methods exist that could be triggered by injected objects
The environment is affected if ThemeGoods Photography version 7.7.2 or lower is installed AND the component contains unserialize() calls processing untrusted input.
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 ThemeGoods Photography that replaces insecure deserialization (unserialize()) with safe alternatives like json_decode() and implements proper input validation. If immediate patching is unavailable, disable the affected component or deploy a WAF rule to block serialized payloads.
Fix this in Photography
Scoped from the published advisory
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- Review / QA1.0 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-2025-47579 in production — separate from our analysis above.
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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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