Deserialization of Untrusted DataWeakness · CWE-502

CVE-2026-22475

CRITICAL · 9.8 CVSS v3.1 Published 2026-03-05
Mitigation only
No fix yet — a mitigation exists. There is no fixed release. A documented workaround reduces exposure in the meantime.
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100/100
Remediation priority · Urgent
Remotely reachable No privileges Zero-click

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 · unedited
Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability in axiomthemes Estate estate allows Object Injection.This issue affects Estate: from n/a through <= 1.3.4.

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 confidence

This is a PHP Object Injection vulnerability in the Estate WordPress theme caused by insecure use of PHP's unserialize() function on untrusted input. Attackers can craft malicious serialized PHP objects to achieve remote code execution, potentially compromise the entire WordPress installation, or perform other attacks like file operations. The vulnerability affects all versions up to and including 1.3.4.

MitigationReplace unsafe unserialize() calls with secure alternatives like json_decode(), implement strict allowlist validation on any user-controlled data before deserialization, and audit all data handling code paths for similar issues.

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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 checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Confirm Estate theme installation
    Check the wp-content/themes/estate directory exists on your WordPress server
    Affected if The Estate theme directory is present in the WordPress themes folder
  2. Identify the installed theme version
    Open the style.css file in wp-content/themes/estate/ and look for the 'Version:' header in the file comments
    Affected if The version listed is 1.3.4 or lower, or if no version is explicitly stated but the theme is present
  3. Locate insecure unserialize() calls
    Search all PHP files in the theme directory for 'unserialize(' patterns, particularly in files that handle user input or request parameters
    Affected if Any PHP file in the theme contains an unserialize() call processing data from $_GET, $_POST, $_REQUEST, or similar user-controlled sources
  4. Verify user input reaches unserialize()
    Examine the code around any found unserialize() calls to trace whether parameters from HTTP requests (GET, POST, cookies, or other request data) are passed to the unserialize() function
    Affected if User-controlled data from HTTP requests is directly or indirectly fed to an unserialize() function call

You are affected if the Estate WordPress theme is installed with version 1.3.4 or lower and contains unserialize() calls that process untrusted HTTP request parameters.

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From vendor data
Mitigation available No clean upgrade yet — mitigate in the meantime
Mitigation

Replace unsafe unserialize() calls with secure alternatives like json_decode(), implement strict allowlist validation on any user-controlled data before deserialization, and audit all data handling code paths for similar issues.

Have this fixed Scoped from the published advisory
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  • Implementation4.0 h
  • Testing3.0 h
  • Review / QA2.0 h
11.0 hours of engineering $1,930
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