AweThemes Hillter WordPress Theme PHP Object Injection Vulnerability

A deserialization vulnerability allowing object injection has been identified in the AweThemes Hillter WordPress theme, affecting versions through 3.0.7. This vulnerability could lead to PHP object injection, which, if exploited, might allow a malicious actor to execute code injection, SQL injection, path traversal, denial-of-service, and more, depending on the presence of a suitable PHP object injection chain.

Impact

Exploitation of this vulnerability could result in PHP object injection, allowing for various attacks such as code execution, SQL injection, path traversal, and denial-of-service, especially if a proper PHP object injection chain is available.

Remediation

Users of the AweThemes Hillter WordPress theme are advised to update to the latest version. For those unable to update immediately, Patchstack offers a virtual patch that blocks attacks targeting this vulnerability.