Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-69370

CriticalRCE

Published: 20 February 2026

Published
20 February 2026
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 0.0037 29.2th percentile
Risk Priority 70 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2025-69370 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 29.2th 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-2025-69370 is a Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability (CWE-502) in the ThemeGoods Capella WordPress theme, which allows Object Injection. This issue affects Capella versions from n/a through 2.5.5, as published on 2026-02-20.

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 it can be exploited remotely over the network by unauthenticated attackers with low attack complexity and no user interaction required. Successful exploitation enables high-impact effects on confidentiality, integrity, and availability through object injection.

Patchstack's advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Theme/capella/vulnerability/wordpress-capella-theme-2-5-5-php-object-injection-vulnerability?_s_id=cve details this PHP Object Injection vulnerability in the WordPress Capella theme up to version 2.5.5, serving as the primary reference for mitigation steps.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

A08:2025 Software or Data Integrity Failures

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability in ThemeGoods Capella capella allows Object Injection.This issue affects Capella: from n/a through <= 2.5.5.

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?

Remote unauthenticated PHP object injection in public WordPress theme directly enables exploitation of public-facing web applications.

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
preventrecover

Directly mitigates the deserialization vulnerability by requiring timely patching of the vulnerable Capella WordPress theme to versions beyond 2.5.5.

SI-10 Information Input Validation good match
prevent

Prevents object injection by enforcing validation of untrusted data inputs before deserialization processing in the theme.

CM-6 Configuration Settings partial match
prevent

Mitigates exploitation through secure configuration settings for the WordPress theme that restrict unsafe deserialization behaviors.

References