CVE-2025-52724
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 BoldThemes Amwerk amwerk allows Object Injection.This issue affects Amwerk: from n/a through <= 1.2.0.
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 · moderate confidenceA deserialization of untrusted data vulnerability in the BoldThemes Amwerk WordPress theme allows attackers to inject PHP objects by supplying malicious serialized data, potentially leading to remote code execution if exploitable classes are present in the application or available through other plugins/themes.
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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 Amwerk theme is installedNavigate to Appearance > Themes in WordPress admin, or check /wp-content/themes/ directory for the amwerk folderAffected if The Amwerk theme folder exists in the themes directory, regardless of whether it is active
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Identify installed Amwerk versionCheck the style.css file in /wp-content/themes/amwerk/ for the 'Version:' header, or look in the theme's main PHP file for a version constantAffected if The version cannot be determined or is lower than the patched version (any unpatched version is vulnerable)
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Search for unsafe unserialize usageGrep the theme's PHP files for 'unserialize(' calls, specifically looking for instances that process $_GET, $_POST, $_REQUEST, or other user-supplied inputAffected if Any unserialize() call in theme code processes data from user input sources without sanitization
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Identify exposed deserialization entry pointsReview theme PHP files for AJAX handlers, shortcodes, or widget callbacks that accept and process serialized data from request parametersAffected if The theme accepts serialized data via URL parameters, form inputs, or AJAX calls without validation
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Check for exploitable PHP classesReview all theme and plugin classes for magic methods (__wakeup, __destruct, __get, __set, __call) that could form a gadget chain for PHP object injectionAffected if Classes with magic methods exist that could be chained with the unsafe unserialize for RCE
If Amwerk theme is installed and its PHP code contains unserialize() calls processing user input without validation, the environment is affected by this vulnerability.
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 Amwerk; if no patch available, disable the theme and audit for any unsafe unserialize() calls on user-supplied input, replacing with safer alternatives like json_decode.
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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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