CVE-2026-22505
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 Morning Records morning-records allows Object Injection.This issue affects Morning Records: from n/a through <= 1.2.
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 confidenceThis is a PHP Object Injection vulnerability in the Morning Records WordPress theme caused by unsafe deserialization of untrusted data (likely via PHP's unserialize() function). Attackers can craft malicious serialized PHP objects that, when deserialized, trigger magic methods like __destruct, __wakeup, or __toString to achieve arbitrary code execution, SQL injection, or file operations depending on available classes in the application context.
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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
- High
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/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 Morning Records theme is installedCheck the wp-content/themes/ directory for a folder named 'morning-records' or 'morning_records', or list all installed themes via wp-cli: wp theme listAffected if The theme folder exists in the WordPress themes directory
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Find the installed theme versionOpen wp-content/themes/morning-records/style.css and locate the 'Version:' header in the theme comment block, or run: grep -i 'Version:' wp-content/themes/morning-records/style.cssAffected if The version displayed is lower than the patched version (if known) or the version cannot be determined
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Identify vulnerable unserialize() calls in theme codeSearch theme PHP files for unserialize() usage: grep -r 'unserialize' wp-content/themes/morning-records/Affected if Any theme file contains an unserialize() call processing user-controlled or external input without prior validation
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Check for exploitable magic methods in theme or pluginsSearch for PHP magic methods that could be chained with object injection: grep -rE '__wakeup|__destruct|__toString|__invoke|__call' wp-content/themes/morning-records/ and wp-content/plugins/Affected if Magic method classes exist that could be weaponized for RCE when combined with the unserialize vulnerability
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Assess if the theme is actively processing untrusted inputReview theme files containing unserialize() to determine if the input comes from $_GET, $_POST, $_COOKIE, or database fields that could be manipulated by attackersAffected if Unserialize calls process data from user-accessible sources without sanitization
A user is affected if the Morning Records theme is installed and contains unserialize() calls processing untrusted input, combined with the presence of exploitable classes that could enable remote code execution.
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 parsing methods; verify all user-supplied or database-retrieved data is never deserialized directly. Until a vendor patch is available, assess theme necessity and monitor for indicators of compromise.
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