CVE-2025-32283
Published: 22 October 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-32283 is a high-severity Deserialization of Untrusted Data (CWE-502) vulnerability. Its CVSS base score is 8.8 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 29.5th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 SI-10 (Information Input Validation) and SI-2 (Flaw Remediation).
Deeper analysis
CVE-2025-32283 is a Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability (CWE-502) in the Solar Energy WordPress theme by designthemes, which allows Object Injection. The issue affects Solar Energy versions from n/a through <= 3.5.
The vulnerability carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.8 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H), indicating network accessibility, low attack complexity, and exploitation requiring low privileges such as a WordPress contributor or author role, with no user interaction needed. Attackers can achieve high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, potentially leading to full compromise of the affected site through arbitrary code execution or data manipulation.
Patchstack has documented the vulnerability in Solar Energy version 3.5, with details available at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Theme/solar/vulnerability/wordpress-solar-energy-3-5-php-object-injection-vulnerability?_s_id=cve.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-35572
Vulnerability details
Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability in designthemes Solar Energy solar allows Object Injection.This issue affects Solar Energy: from n/a through <= 3.5.
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Related Threats
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Why these techniques?
CVE-2025-32283 is a deserialization vulnerability (PHP Object Injection) in a WordPress theme, a public-facing web application, directly enabling exploitation via T1190: Exploit Public-Facing Application.
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Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Timely patching of the Solar Energy WordPress theme flaw directly eliminates the deserialization of untrusted data vulnerability.
Validating untrusted inputs prior to deserialization prevents object injection attacks in the vulnerable WordPress theme.
Vulnerability scanning identifies the deserialization flaw in Solar Energy versions <=3.5, enabling prioritization for remediation.