CVE-2025-60212
Published: 22 October 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-60212 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-2025-60212 is a Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability (CWE-502) in the VEDA theme developed by designthemes for WordPress. The flaw enables Object Injection and affects VEDA versions from n/a through 4.2 inclusive. Published on 2025-10-22, it 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 high severity due to its potential for significant impact.
The vulnerability can be exploited by low-privileged remote attackers, such as authenticated WordPress users with contributor-level access or similar. Exploitation requires low complexity and no user interaction, allowing attackers to inject malicious objects via network-accessible vectors in the theme's deserialization process. Successful attacks can result in high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution, data manipulation, or system compromise on affected sites.
Mitigation details are available in the Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Theme/veda/vulnerability/wordpress-veda-theme-4-2-php-object-injection-vulnerability?_s_id=cve, which documents the PHP Object Injection issue in VEDA theme version 4.2. Security practitioners should consult this reference for patching guidance and verify updates beyond version 4.2.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-35414
Vulnerability details
Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability in designthemes VEDA veda allows Object Injection.This issue affects VEDA: from n/a through <= 4.2.
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Related Threats
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Why these techniques?
Deserialization of untrusted data (object injection) in a WordPress theme enables remote exploitation of a public-facing web application by low-privileged authenticated users, directly mapping to T1190.
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Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
SI-2 mandates timely flaw remediation, directly addressing the deserialization of untrusted data vulnerability in VEDA theme versions <=4.2 via patching as recommended in CVE-2025-60212.
SI-10 requires validation of all system inputs to prevent processing of malformed or malicious data, comprehensively mitigating object injection from untrusted deserialization in CVE-2025-60212.
RA-5 enables vulnerability scanning to identify the PHP object injection flaw in the VEDA WordPress theme, facilitating proactive remediation of CVE-2025-60212.