CVE-2025-69372
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 AncoraThemes SevenHills sevenhills allows Object Injection.This issue affects SevenHills: from n/a through <= 1.6.2.
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 · moderate confidenceA deserialization of untrusted data vulnerability in the SevenHills WordPress theme allows attackers to inject PHP objects by supplying malicious serialized data. This object injection can potentially lead to remote code execution, file operations, or SQL injection depending on available magic methods in the theme or installed plugins.
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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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Verify SevenHills theme is installedNavigate to wp-content/themes/ and check for a directory named 'sevenhills' or similar. If using a child theme, also check for related theme directories.Affected if The SevenHills theme or any variant is present in the WordPress themes directory.
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Determine installed theme versionOpen the theme's style.css file in wp-content/themes/sevenhills/ and look for the 'Version:' header in the CSS comment block at the top. Also check functions.php for a version constant.Affected if The version is an unpatched release that contains the deserialization vulnerability.
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Search for unsafe deserialization callsUse grep or a file search to scan PHP files in the theme directory for 'unserialize(' patterns, particularly where data comes from $_GET, $_POST, $_REQUEST, or database fields without sanitization.Affected if The theme contains unserialize() calls processing untrusted input without validation.
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Review AJAX or AJAX-handling filesExamine any files handling AJAX requests (often in includes/ or ajax/ folders within the theme) for deserialization of data passed via request parameters.Affected if AJAX handlers accept and unserialize serialized data from external sources.
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Inspect for suspicious injected filesList all PHP files in the theme directory and compare against a clean installation. Look for unfamiliar PHP files with random names, encoded content, or files modified recently outside of normal updates.Affected if Unexpected PHP files exist in the theme directory suggesting active exploitation.
You are affected if the SevenHills theme is installed and contains insecure unserialize() calls handling user-supplied data, or if unknown files are present indicating potential compromise.
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 to the latest patched version of SevenHills theme; if no patch exists, remove or replace the theme and audit for any compromise.
- Consultation3.0 h
- Implementation6.0 h
- Testing3.0 h
- Review / QA2.0 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
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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