CVE-2025-69382
Published: 20 February 2026
Summary
CVE-2025-69382 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-2025-69382 is a Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability (CWE-502) in the Themesflat Elementor WordPress plugin (themesflat-elementor). The flaw enables Object Injection and affects all versions from n/a through 1.0.1. It has 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 impacts.
The vulnerability can be exploited by unauthenticated remote attackers over the network with low complexity and no user interaction required. Successful exploitation allows attackers to achieve high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution, data compromise, or system disruption on affected WordPress sites running the vulnerable plugin.
Patchstack has published an advisory detailing the PHP Object Injection vulnerability in themesflat-elementor version 1.0.1, available at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/themesflat-elementor/vulnerability/wordpress-themesflat-elementor-plugin-1-0-1-php-object-injection-vulnerability?_s_id=cve. Practitioners should consult this reference for specific mitigation guidance, such as updating to a patched version if available.
OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-207967
Vulnerability details
Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability in themesflat Themesflat Elementor themesflat-elementor allows Object Injection.This issue affects Themesflat Elementor: from n/a through <= 1.0.1.
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Related Threats
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Why these techniques?
Direct remote unauthenticated exploitation of public-facing WordPress plugin via deserialization/object injection leading to RCE.
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Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Requires timely flaw remediation, including patching the deserialization vulnerability in Themesflat Elementor plugin versions <=1.0.1 to prevent object injection.
Mandates validation of untrusted inputs to block unsafe deserialization leading to object injection in the vulnerable WordPress plugin.
Enables vulnerability scanning to identify and prioritize remediation of critical flaws like CVE-2025-69382 in installed plugins.