Deserialization of Untrusted DataWeakness · CWE-502

CVE-2026-27083

CRITICAL · 9.8 CVSS v3.1 Published 2026-03-25
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 ThemeREX Work & Travel Company work-travel-company allows Object Injection.This issue affects Work & Travel Company: 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 confidence

PHP Object Injection vulnerability via deserialization of untrusted data in the ThemeREX Work & Travel Company plugin/theme. The vulnerability allows remote attackers to inject malicious PHP objects, potentially leading to remote code execution if exploitable magic methods or POP chains exist in the application or loaded libraries.

MitigationReplace all unserialize() calls that handle user input with safer alternatives like json_decode(). If unserialization is required, implement whitelisting of allowed classes. Update to the latest patched version if available.

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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. Identify ThemeREX Work & Travel Company installation
    Check your web server's plugin or theme directories for the ThemeREX Work & Travel Company plugin/theme folder. Look for a version file, header comment in main PHP files, or a changelog file that lists the installed version number.
    Affected if The plugin or theme is installed and the version cannot be verified as patched or is older than any available patched version.
  2. Locate unserialize() calls in the plugin/theme
    Search all PHP files within the ThemeREX Work & Travel Company directory for the pattern 'unserialize(' using grep, a file search tool, or IDE. Note the file paths and line numbers where unserialize() appears.
    Affected if Any unserialize() call exists in the plugin/theme code.
  3. Check if unserialize handles user input
    Examine each unserialize() call found and trace back its data source. Look for direct or indirect use of $_GET, $_POST, $_COOKIE, $_REQUEST, or other user-supplied input as the argument to unserialize().
    Affected if The unserialize() function receives data that originates from user input without prior sanitization or validation.
  4. Verify input validation exists
    If user input reaches unserialize(), check whether the code implements class whitelisting using the 'allowed_classes' parameter of unserialize() or performs some form of input validation before deserialization.
    Affected if No class whitelisting is implemented and no input validation occurs before unserialize() processes the data.

Your environment is affected if the ThemeREX Work & Travel Company plugin/theme is installed and contains unserialize() calls that process user-controlled data without class whitelisting or validation.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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

Replace all unserialize() calls that handle user input with safer alternatives like json_decode(). If unserialization is required, implement whitelisting of allowed classes. Update to the latest patched version if available.

Have this fixed Scoped from the published advisory
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  • Testing6.0 h
  • Review / QA3.0 h
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