WordPress Nuss Theme PHP Object Injection Vulnerability

A deserialization vulnerability allowing object injection has been identified in the WordPress Nuss theme, affecting versions through 1.3.3. This vulnerability could lead to various injection attacks, including code injection, SQL injection, and path traversal, among other issues, 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 attacks, and more, depending on the presence of a proper object-oriented programming chain.

Remediation

Users of the WordPress Nuss theme are advised to update to a version beyond 1.3.3. For those seeking immediate protection, Patchstack offers a virtual patch that blocks attacks targeting this vulnerability.