Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-69002

HighRCE

Published: 22 January 2026

Published
22 January 2026
Modified
15 April 2026
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0034 26.2th percentile
Risk Priority 55 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2025-69002 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 26.2th 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-2025-69002 is a Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability (CWE-502) in the OneLife WordPress theme developed by designthemes, which allows Object Injection. This issue affects OneLife versions from an unspecified starting point through 3.9 inclusive. The vulnerability was published on 2026-01-22 and 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.

An authenticated attacker with low privileges (PR:L) can exploit this vulnerability over the network (AV:N) with low attack complexity (AC:L) and without requiring user interaction (UI:N). Successful exploitation enables high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:H/I:H/A:H), typically through the injection and deserialization of malicious objects in PHP, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution or other severe compromises within the affected WordPress environment.

The primary advisory reference is from Patchstack at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Theme/onelife/vulnerability/wordpress-onelife-theme-3-9-php-object-injection-vulnerability?_s_id=cve, which documents the PHP Object Injection vulnerability specifically in OneLife theme version 3.9. Security practitioners should review this source for detailed mitigation steps, including available patches or updates.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

A08:2025 Software or Data Integrity Failures

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability in designthemes OneLife onelife allows Object Injection.This issue affects OneLife: from n/a through <= 3.9.

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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T1059.004 Unix Shell Execution
Adversaries may abuse Unix shell commands and scripts for execution.
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Why these techniques?

PHP object injection in public-facing WordPress theme directly enables remote exploitation (T1190) leading to arbitrary code execution via Unix shell (T1059.004).

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

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Affected Assets

Mitigating Controls

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

SI-2 Flaw Remediation good match
prevent

Requires timely identification, reporting, and correction of the deserialization flaw in OneLife theme versions <=3.9, directly eliminating CVE-2025-69002.

SI-10 Information Input Validation good match
prevent

Mandates validation of untrusted data prior to deserialization, preventing object injection exploitation in the vulnerable WordPress theme.

RA-5 Vulnerability Monitoring and Scanning partial match
detect

Provides vulnerability scanning to identify systems running affected OneLife theme versions exposed to this deserialization vulnerability.

References