Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-69405

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-2025-69405 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-2025-69405 is a Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability (CWE-502) in the WordPress theme Lorem Ipsum | Books & Media Store (lorem-ipsum-books-media-store) from ThemeREX. Published on 2026-02-20, it enables Object Injection and affects all versions from n/a through 1.2.11 inclusive. 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), marking it as critical.

An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability over the network with low attack complexity and without requiring user interaction. Successful exploitation grants high-impact access to confidentiality, integrity, and availability, potentially allowing arbitrary code execution or other severe consequences typical of PHP object injection in WordPress environments.

The Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Theme/lorem-ipsum-books-media-store/vulnerability/wordpress-lorem-ipsum-books-media-store-theme-1-2-6-php-object-injection-vulnerability?_s_id=cve provides details on the vulnerability, including potential patches or workarounds for affected installations.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

A08:2025 Software or Data Integrity Failures

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability in ThemeREX Lorem Ipsum | Books & Media Store lorem-ipsum-books-media-store allows Object Injection.This issue affects Lorem Ipsum | Books & Media Store: from n/a through <= 1.2.11.

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 deserialization/RCE in public-facing WordPress theme directly enables T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application.

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

Directly mitigates CVE-2025-69405 by identifying, reporting, and correcting the deserialization of untrusted data flaw in the Lorem Ipsum WordPress theme.

SI-10 Information Input Validation good match
prevent

Validates information inputs to the system, preventing deserialization of malicious untrusted data that enables object injection in the vulnerable theme.

SI-3 Malicious Code Protection partial match
preventdetect

Deploys malicious code protection mechanisms to identify and block code execution resulting from successful object injection exploitation.

References