CVE-2025-69382
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 themesflat Themesflat Elementor themesflat-elementor allows Object Injection.This issue affects Themesflat Elementor: from n/a through <= 1.0.1.
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 Themesflat Elementor WordPress theme. The theme deserializes untrusted data without proper sanitization, allowing attackers to inject and instantiate arbitrary PHP objects. Successful exploitation can lead to remote code execution if suitable 'gadget chains' exist in the application or loaded 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 Themesflat Elementor theme is installedNavigate to WordPress dashboard > Appearance > Themes, or check the /wp-content/themes/ directory for a themesflat-elementor folderAffected if The themesflat-elementor theme folder exists in the WordPress themes directory
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Identify the installed theme versionCheck the theme's style.css file in /wp-content/themes/themesflat-elementor/ for the 'Version:' header, or view theme details in WordPress admin under Appearance > ThemesAffected if The version number found is within or below the affected version range (check against any published patched version)
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Locate unsafe deserialization calls in theme codeSearch theme PHP files for 'unserialize(' calls, particularly in files handling user input, AJAX endpoints, or AJAX-like functionality. Use grep or similar: grep -r "unserialize" /wp-content/themes/themesflat-elementor/Affected if unserialize() calls are found that process input without prior sanitization (e.g., $_POST, $_GET, $_REQUEST)
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Identify entry points for untrusted dataReview PHP files containing unserialize() to see if they accept data from $_POST, $_GET, $_REQUEST, or HTTP headers without validationAffected if The unserialize() function processes data directly from user-supplied input sources without validation
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Check for exposed AJAX or admin endpointsExamine the theme's includes files for action hooks (add_action) handling AJAX requests, especially those without capability checks or nonce verificationAffected if AJAX or admin endpoints exist that invoke the vulnerable deserialization code without proper access controls
A user is affected if the Themesflat Elementor theme is installed with a vulnerable version that contains unserialize() calls processing untrusted input from accessible entry points.
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_encode/json_decode or other safe serialization methods, validate all input before deserialization, and update to a patched version if available.
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