ThemeGoods Altair PHP Object Injection Vulnerability

A deserialization vulnerability allowing object injection has been identified in the ThemeGoods Altair WordPress theme, affecting versions through 5.2.2. This vulnerability could lead to various types of code injection, including SQL injection, path traversal, and denial-of-service, especially if a suitable property-oriented programming chain is available.

Impact

Exploitation of this vulnerability could allow for PHP object injection, which could be leveraged to execute code injection, SQL injection, path traversal, denial-of-service, and potentially more, depending on the presence of a proper object-oriented programming chain.

Remediation

Users are advised to update to a version of the Altair theme prior to 5.2.2. For those using WordPress, Patchstack offers a virtual patch that can be applied immediately to mitigate this vulnerability.