AncoraThemes Mr. Murphy WordPress Theme PHP Object Injection Vulnerability

A deserialization vulnerability allowing object injection has been identified in the AncoraThemes Mr. Murphy WordPress theme, affecting versions prior to 1.2.12.1. This vulnerability could potentially lead to various types of code injection, including SQL injection, path traversal, and denial-of-service, especially if a suitable payload execution chain is available.

Impact

Exploitation of this vulnerability could allow for PHP object injection, which could be leveraged to execute arbitrary code, inject malicious SQL, traverse file paths inappropriately, cause a denial-of-service, or more, depending on the presence of a proper payload execution chain.

Remediation

Users are advised to update to version 1.2.12.1 or later. Patchstack has also issued a virtual patch that blocks attacks targeting this vulnerability.