CVE-2025-69002
Published: 22 January 2026
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 21.6th 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).
Threat & Defense at a Glance
Threat & Defense Details
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5)AI
Requires timely identification, reporting, and correction of the deserialization flaw in OneLife theme versions <=3.9, directly eliminating CVE-2025-69002.
Mandates validation of untrusted data prior to deserialization, preventing object injection exploitation in the vulnerable WordPress theme.
Provides vulnerability scanning to identify systems running affected OneLife theme versions exposed to this deserialization vulnerability.
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
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).
NVD Description
Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability in designthemes OneLife onelife allows Object Injection.This issue affects OneLife: from n/a through <= 3.9.
Deeper analysisAI
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.
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