CVE-2025-69002
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 designthemes OneLife onelife allows Object Injection.This issue affects OneLife: from n/a through <= 3.9.
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 the DesignThemes OneLife WordPress theme. The theme deserializes untrusted data without proper validation, allowing attackers to inject malicious PHP objects that could lead to remote code execution. The vulnerability affects versions up to and including 3.9.
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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
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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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Locate the OneLife theme directoryIn your WordPress installation, navigate to wp-content/themes/ and look for a folder named 'onelife', 'onelife-theme', or similar. If the folder does not exist, the theme is not installed.Affected if The OneLife theme folder exists in wp-content/themes/
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Identify the installed theme versionOpen the style.css file inside the OneLife theme folder and look for the 'Version:' declaration in the file header comments. Alternatively, check the theme's functions.php or readme.txt for version information.Affected if The reported version is 3.9 or lower (e.g., 3.9, 3.8, 3.7, etc.)
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Find deserialization functions in theme codeSearch the OneLife theme directory for PHP files containing 'unserialize(' using grep, a code editor search, or by manually inspecting key files like functions.php, class files, and any files handling form submissions or AJAX requests.Affected if The theme code contains unserialize() calls processing data from $_GET, $_POST, $_REQUEST, or database values without prior sanitization
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Verify if user-controlled data reaches unserializeExamine the code surrounding each unserialize() call to determine if the data being deserialized originates from external sources such as user inputs, HTTP headers, or stored database values that could be manipulated by an attacker.Affected if Unsanitized user input or externally-influenced data is passed directly to unserialize()
You are affected if the OneLife theme version is 3.9 or lower AND the theme contains unserialize() calls that process untrusted user-supplied data 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 dataUpdate the OneLife theme to a patched version if available, or implement proper input validation and replace unsafe unserialize() calls with safer alternatives like json_decode with strict schema validation. If no patch exists, conduct a code review to identify and remediate all deserialization points.
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