Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-60225

CriticalRCE

Published: 22 October 2025

Published
22 October 2025
Modified
15 April 2026
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0010 26.7th percentile
Risk Priority 20 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-60225 is a critical-severity Deserialization of Untrusted Data (CWE-502) vulnerability. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 26.7th 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 RA-5 (Vulnerability Monitoring and Scanning) and SI-10 (Information Input Validation).

Deeper analysis

CVE-2025-60225 is a Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability (CWE-502) in the BugsPatrol WordPress theme developed by AncoraThemes, enabling Object Injection. The issue affects BugsPatrol versions from n/a through 1.5.0.

With a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.8 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H), the vulnerability can be exploited by unauthenticated remote attackers over the network with low attack complexity and no user interaction required. Exploitation allows attackers to achieve high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability through object injection via untrusted deserialization.

Mitigation details are available in the Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Theme/bugspatrol/vulnerability/wordpress-bugspatrol-theme-1-5-0-php-object-injection-vulnerability?_s_id=cve.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability in AncoraThemes BugsPatrol bugspatrol allows Object Injection.This issue affects BugsPatrol: from n/a through <= 1.5.0.

CWE(s)
CWE-502

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
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Why these techniques?

The vulnerability is a deserialization flaw in a public-facing WordPress theme, directly enabling unauthenticated remote exploitation of a public-facing web application.

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v19.0

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Affected Assets

Mitigating Controls

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

SI-10 Information Input Validation good match
prevent

Directly requires validation of untrusted inputs to prevent object injection via deserialization of untrusted data in the BugsPatrol WordPress theme.

SI-2 Flaw Remediation good match
prevent

Ensures timely remediation of the deserialization flaw affecting BugsPatrol versions through 1.5.0 by identifying, reporting, and patching vulnerabilities.

RA-5 Vulnerability Monitoring and Scanning good match
detect

Provides vulnerability scanning to identify systems running the vulnerable BugsPatrol theme, enabling proactive remediation of CVE-2025-60225.

References