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Unauthenticated remote deserialization with no user interaction (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N); a reachable gadget chain yields full C/I/A impact, matching the reported 9.8.
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Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection in Kalles Addons <= 1.0.6 versions.
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AnalysisAI
Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection in the WordPress 'Kalles Addons' plugin (by the4) through version 1.0.6 lets remote attackers inject arbitrary serialized PHP objects, potentially escalating to code execution, data theft, or site takeover if a suitable gadget chain is present. The CVSS 9.8 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N) reflects network-reachable, no-authentication, low-complexity exploitation with full confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. Disclosed via Patchstack; no public exploit identified at time of analysis and the flaw is not listed in CISA KEV.
Technical ContextAI
The vulnerability is a CWE-502 (Deserialization of Untrusted Data) flaw, mapped to PHP Object Injection. It arises when attacker-controlled input reaches PHP's unserialize() (or an equivalent deserialization path) without validation, allowing instantiation of arbitrary PHP objects. On WordPress, such injected objects become dangerous when a 'gadget' - a class with exploitable magic methods (__wakeup, __destruct, __toString) - exists in the plugin, theme, or core, enabling property-oriented programming chains. Kalles Addons is an add-on plugin (CPE cpe:2.3:a:the4:kalles_addons) commonly paired with the4's Kalles WooCommerce theme; the affected component is any endpoint accepting serialized data. The realized impact depends on which gadget chains are loadable in a given installation.
RemediationAI
Upgrade Kalles Addons to a version later than 1.0.6 once the vendor (the4) releases a patched build; the input data does not specify an exact fixed version, so no vendor-released patch version is independently confirmed - verify the latest release via the Patchstack advisory (https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/kalles-addons/vulnerability/wordpress-kalles-addons-plugin-1-0-6-php-object-injection-vulnerability?_s_id=cve) and the WordPress plugin repository before deploying. Until a fix is confirmed, compensating controls include deploying a WordPress-aware WAF (Patchstack or equivalent) with a virtual patch/rule blocking serialized PHP object payloads (patterns like O:, a:, and __PHP_Incomplete_Class) to the plugin's endpoints, restricting or disabling the vulnerable plugin if it is not business-critical (trade-off: loss of the addon's storefront features), and monitoring access logs for suspicious serialized data in request parameters. If patching is not immediately possible and the plugin's functionality is dispensable, deactivating it is the most reliable mitigation.
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External POC / Exploit Code
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EUVD-2026-62390
GHSA-m7jf-qrf9-6rj3