CVE-2025-62025
Published: 22 October 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-62025 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 SI-10 (Information Input Validation) and SI-2 (Flaw Remediation).
Deeper analysis
CVE-2025-62025 is a Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability (CWE-502), also known as PHP object injection, in the eyecix JobSearch WordPress plugin (wp-jobsearch). This issue affects all versions of the plugin from its initial release through those prior to 3.0.8. The vulnerability carries 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), indicating critical severity due to its potential for severe impact across confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
A remote attacker requires no privileges or user interaction to exploit this vulnerability over the network with low complexity. Successful exploitation could allow the attacker to achieve high-impact outcomes, including unauthorized data access, modification of system data, or disruption of service, depending on the deserialization gadgets available in the environment.
Patchstack's advisory confirms the vulnerability and states that it is fixed in version 3.0.8 of the wp-jobsearch plugin. Security practitioners should urge WordPress site administrators to update to version 3.0.8 or later immediately, verify installations via the plugin dashboard, and monitor for indicators of compromise in affected versions.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-35383
Vulnerability details
Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability in eyecix JobSearch wp-jobsearch.This issue affects JobSearch: from n/a through < 3.0.8.
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Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Deserialization of Untrusted Data (PHP object injection) in a public-facing WordPress plugin enables remote exploitation without authentication or privileges, directly mapping to Exploit Public-Facing Application.
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Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Requires timely patching of the wp-jobsearch plugin to version 3.0.8 or later, directly eliminating the deserialization of untrusted data vulnerability.
Enforces validation of untrusted inputs to block malicious serialized data from being deserialized by the JobSearch plugin.
Provides monitoring to identify exploitation attempts or indicators of compromise from the PHP object injection vulnerability.