CVE-2025-31069 CRITICAL

CVE-2025-31069: WordPress HotStar – Multi-Purpose Business Theme <= 1.4 - PHP Object Injection Vulnerability

Vendor Themeton

Product HotStar – Multi-Purpose Business Theme

Weakness CWE-502 · Unsafe deserialization

Published May 23, 2025

Last update April 28, 2026

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CVSS base score

9.8/10

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:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability in themeton HotStar – Multi-Purpose Business Theme allows Object Injection. This issue affects HotStar – Multi-Purpose Business Theme: from n/a through 1.4.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

HotStar theme versions 1.4 and earlier contain a deserialization vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected sites. The vulnerability requires no user interaction and can be exploited remotely over the network. Site administrators should update to a version newer than 1.4 immediately.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Run their own code on the site and take complete control of it.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

Complete compromise of the site, including data theft, malware installation, and defacement.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Network access only; no authentication or user interaction required.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

May 23, 2025 CVE published

April 28, 2026 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-31069 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-2025-31069

CWE CWE-502

CVSS 9.8 / CRITICAL

Affected versions