BoldThemes Travelicious WordPress Theme PHP Object Injection Vulnerability

A deserialization vulnerability allowing object injection has been identified in the BoldThemes Travelicious WordPress theme, affecting versions prior to 1.6.7. This vulnerability could 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 is a high-risk issue that 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 the Travelicious WordPress theme to version 1.6.7 or later. Patchstack has also issued a mitigation rule to block attacks targeting this vulnerability.