Podlove Web Player PHP Object Injection Vulnerability

A deserialization vulnerability allowing object injection has been identified in the Podlove Web Player plugin for WordPress, affecting versions through 5.9.1. This vulnerability could lead to various types of code injection, including SQL injection, path traversal, and denial-of-service, if a suitable object injection chain is exploited.

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 more, depending on the presence of a proper object injection chain.

Remediation

Users of the Podlove Web Player plugin should update to version 5.9.2 or later. Patchstack users can enable auto-update for vulnerable plugins.