CVE-2025-67617
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 themeton Consult Aid consultaid allows Object Injection.This issue affects Consult Aid: from n/a through <= 1.4.3.
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 confidenceThis is a PHP Object Injection vulnerability in themeton Consult Aid. The application deserializes untrusted data without proper validation, allowing attackers to inject malicious PHP objects. Successful exploitation can lead to remote code execution, file operations, or sensitive data disclosure depending on available gadget chains in the application and related libraries.
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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 Consult Aid plugin is installedNavigate to WordPress admin > Plugins and look for 'Consult Aid' in the list of installed plugins, or check the /wp-content/plugins/ directory for a consult-aid folderAffected if The plugin is present in the installation
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Determine installed Consult Aid versionIn WordPress admin > Plugins, click on the Consult Aid plugin to view its version number, or read the main plugin PHP file header for the Version fieldAffected if The version cannot be determined or is earlier than the patched release
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Identify plugin endpoints accessible remotelyCheck for plugin AJAX endpoints (usually /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=...) or REST API routes registered by Consult Aid, or review the plugin's PHP files for $_POST/$_GET/$_REQUEST data passed to unserialize()Affected if The plugin processes serialized data from unauthenticated requests
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Inspect for unserialize() usage on user inputSearch plugin source code (if accessible via FTP or file manager) for patterns like unserialize($_POST[...]), unserialize($_REQUEST[...]), or unserialize($_GET[...]) without prior sanitizationAffected if Unsafe deserialization calls exist and accept external input
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Review access controls on plugin functionalityTest plugin endpoints without authentication by sending a request with no valid WordPress nonce or session cookieAffected if Plugin functionality is reachable without authentication
The environment is affected if the Consult Aid plugin is installed, processes untrusted serialized data, and is accessible without authentication.
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 the latest version of Consult Aid when a patched release becomes available. If no patch is available, audit the codebase for deserialization functions (unserialize()) and replace with safe alternatives like JSON encoding/decoding, or implement strict allowlist validation for any unserialize() calls.
- Consultation4.0 h
- Implementation8.0 h
- Testing6.0 h
- Review / QA4.0 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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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
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