CVE-2023-49772 CRITICAL

CVE-2023-49772: WordPress Genesis Simple Love Plugin <= 2.0 is vulnerable to PHP Object Injection

Vendor Phpbits Creative Studio

Product Genesis Simple Love

Weakness CWE-502 · Unsafe deserialization

Published December 20, 2023

Last update April 28, 2026

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CVSS base score

10.0/10

Attack vector Network

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required None

User interaction None

Confidentiality High

Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability in Phpbits Creative Studio Genesis Simple Love.This issue affects Genesis Simple Love: from n/a through 2.0.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

Genesis Simple Love versions up to 2.0 contain a deserialization vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to run arbitrary code on the site without user interaction. The vulnerability exists in how the plugin processes untrusted serialized data. An attacker can exploit this remotely over the network to gain full control of the affected WordPress installation.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Run arbitrary code on the site and take complete control without needing to log in.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

Complete site compromise: attackers can steal data, modify content, install malware, or take the site offline.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Network access only; no authentication or user interaction required.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

December 20, 2023 CVE published

April 28, 2026 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-49772 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/502.html AskarLabs — CWE-502 write-up Deserialization of Untrusted Data

Related vulnerabilities

Identifiers

CVE CVE-2023-49772

CWE CWE-502

CVSS 10.0 / CRITICAL

Affected versions