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AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Network-reachable plugin endpoint (AV:N/AC:L) needs a low-privilege authenticated account (PR:L) and no interaction (UI:N); object injection can yield full RCE, so C/I/A:H.
Primary rating from Vendor (patchstack).
CVSS VectorVendor: patchstack
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Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability in Themify Themify Popup allows Object Injection.
This issue affects Themify Popup: from n/a through 1.4.3.
AnalysisAI
PHP Object Injection in the Themify Popup WordPress plugin (all versions through 1.4.3) lets an authenticated attacker pass attacker-controlled serialized data into an unsafe deserialization sink (CWE-502), instantiating arbitrary PHP objects. Combined with a suitable gadget chain in the plugin, WordPress core, or other installed code, this can escalate to remote code execution, data theft, or site takeover. Reported by Patchstack; no public exploit is identified at time of analysis and it is not on CISA KEV.
Technical ContextAI
The vulnerability is a PHP Object Injection arising from calling unserialize() (or an equivalent deserialization routine) on untrusted input within the Themify Popup plugin, which builds and displays configurable popups on WordPress sites. When PHP unserializes attacker-controlled data, it reconstructs arbitrary object instances, and any 'magic' methods (__wakeup, __destruct, __toString) on classes available in the WordPress runtime execute automatically. CWE-502 (Deserialization of Untrusted Data) is the root cause class: the flaw itself does not run code, but it hands an attacker the primitive to trigger a 'property-oriented programming' gadget chain drawn from the plugin, WordPress core, or any other loaded plugin/theme, which is how object injection typically reaches file writes, SQL, or code execution.
RemediationAI
Upgrade to a fixed release of Themify Popup newer than 1.4.3 once published by the vendor; the input does not specify an exact patched version, so consult the Patchstack advisory (https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/themify-popup/vulnerability/wordpress-themify-popup-plugin-1-4-3-php-object-injection-vulnerability?_s_id=cve) and the Themify changelog for the corrected build. No vendor-released patched version is independently confirmed at time of analysis, so if none is yet available, apply compensating controls: deactivate and remove the Themify Popup plugin if popups are non-essential (removes the sink entirely, at the cost of that functionality); tighten registration so untrusted users cannot obtain the low-privilege account the attack needs (disable open self-registration or set default role to a minimal capability); and deploy a WordPress WAF/virtual-patch rule (Patchstack or equivalent) to block serialized-object payloads to the plugin's endpoints, accepting possible false positives on legitimate serialized data.
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External POC / Exploit Code
Leaving vuln.today
EUVD-2026-41322
GHSA-2vg7-9fw4-fmph