CVE-2025-69036
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 strongholdthemes Tech Life CPT techlife-cpt allows Object Injection.This issue affects Tech Life CPT: from n/a through <= 16.4.
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 PHP Object Injection vulnerability exists in the Tech Life CPT plugin where untrusted data is deserialized without proper validation. This allows attackers to potentially execute arbitrary code or perform other malicious actions by injecting crafted PHP objects into the deserialization process.
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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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Verify Tech Life CPT plugin is installedCheck the WordPress plugin directory for the Tech Life CPT plugin files, or list all installed plugins via wp-cli: wp plugin list --status=active --format=jsonAffected if The Tech Life CPT plugin is present in the environment
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Determine the installed plugin versionOpen the main plugin file (usually tech-life-cpt.php or similar in wp-content/plugins/tech-life-cpt/) and locate the Version header in the plugin comment block, or run: grep -i 'Version:' wp-content/plugins/tech-life-cpt/*.phpAffected if The version number is lower than the patched version (compare against official WordPress repository or vendor advisories)
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Locate unsafe unserialize() calls in plugin codeSearch the plugin directory for unserialize calls: grep -rn 'unserialize' wp-content/plugins/tech-life-cpt/Affected if Any unserialize() call is found that processes data from user-controlled sources
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Identify input sources feeding deserializationExamine each unserialize() call found and trace back the data source. Check if input comes from $_GET, $_POST, $_COOKIE, REST API parameters, or database fields that could contain attacker-controlled dataAffected if The deserialized data originates from any untrusted external source without sanitization
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Check if the plugin processes serialized data from database or APIsReview custom post type registration and any hooks that save/retrieve meta data, REST endpoints, or AJAX handlers that might handle serialized payloadsAffected if The plugin stores or retrieves serialized PHP data from WordPress options, post meta, or external API responses that could be tampered with
You are affected if the Tech Life CPT plugin is installed, contains unserialize() calls processing untrusted input, and is running a version older than the patched release.
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 dataReplace unsafe unserialize() calls with json_decode() or other safe deserialization methods, implement whitelist validation for any deserialized data, and update to the latest patched version when available.
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