How to fix CVE-2025-69371?

Within 24 hours: Inventory all systems running KindlyCare and isolate affected instances from production networks if possible; notify stakeholders and begin incident response readiness. Within 7 days: Implement network segmentation to restrict access to KindlyCare instances, deploy WAF rules to block suspicious serialized object patterns, and disable KindlyCare features if operationally feasible. Within 30 days: Establish vendor communication channels for patch status updates, evaluate alternative plugins, and prepare migration plan if patch is not released.

Is Deserialization affected by CVE-2025-69371?

A critical object injection vulnerability in KindlyCare (versions through 1.6.1) allows attackers to execute arbitrary code by exploiting unsafe deserialization of untrusted data.

CVE-2025-69371

CRITICAL

2026-02-20 [email protected]

9.8

CVSS 3.1

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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 - 22:04 vuln.today

CVE Published

Feb 20, 2026 - 16:22 nvd

CRITICAL 9.8

Description

Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability in AncoraThemes KindlyCare kindlycare allows Object Injection.This issue affects KindlyCare: from n/a through <= 1.6.1.

Analysis

Deserialization of untrusted data in KindlyCare (kindlycare) WordPress theme allows PHP Object Injection, potentially enabling remote code execution through POP chains.

Technical Context

CWE-502 deserialization of untrusted data in kindlycare. Attacker-controlled data is passed to unserialize(), enabling instantiation of arbitrary PHP objects.

Affected Products

['KindlyCare WordPress theme']

Remediation

Update the theme. Avoid unserialize() on user input.

Priority Score

Low Medium High Critical

KEV: 0

EPSS: +0.1

CVSS: +49

POC: 0

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