What is the CVSS score of CVE-2025-69079?

CVE-2025-69079 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 9.8 (Critical). CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.1%.

Which versions of Wordpress Theme are affected by CVE-2025-69079?

A critical deserialization vulnerability (CVE-2025-69079, CVSS 9.8) affects ThemeREX Sound musical instruments plugin through version 1.6.9, allowing attackers to inject malicious objects and…

How to fix or mitigate CVE-2025-69079?

Within 24 hours: Identify all systems running ThemeREX Sound plugin <= 1.6.9 and assess business criticality; immediately disable the plugin if non-essential or isolate affected systems from production networks. Within 7 days: Implement WAF rules blocking suspicious serialized object patterns, apply input validation hardening, and monitor for exploitation attempts in logs. Within 30 days: Either upgrade to a patched version when available, migrate to alternative plugins, or complete removal of the affected software.

Wordpress Theme CVE-2025-69079

CRITICAL

Deserialization of Untrusted Data (CWE-502)

2026-01-22 audit@patchstack.com

WordPress Deserialization Wordpress Theme

9.8

CVSS 3.1 · NVD

Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY

9.8 CRITICAL

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorNVD

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Lifecycle Timeline

Analysis Generated

Mar 12, 2026 - 21:54 vuln.today

CVE Published

Jan 22, 2026 - 17:16 nvd

CRITICAL 9.8

DescriptionCVE.org

Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability in ThemeREX Sound | Musical Instruments Online Store musicplace allows Object Injection.This issue affects Sound | Musical Instruments Online Store: from n/a through <= 1.6.9.

AnalysisAI

ThemeREX Sound/musicplace WordPress theme has an insecure deserialization vulnerability enabling PHP object injection and potential remote code execution.

Technical ContextAI

The Sound/musicplace theme deserializes untrusted data (CWE-502), allowing attackers to inject crafted PHP objects that chain POP gadgets from WordPress core or installed plugins to achieve code execution.