CVE-2025-32283 HIGH

CVE-2025-32283: WordPress Solar Energy theme <= 3.5 - PHP Object Injection Vulnerability

Vendor Designthemes
Product Solar Energy
Weakness CWE-502 · Unsafe deserialization
Published October 22, 2025
Last update April 28, 2026

CVSS base score

8.8/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability in designthemes Solar Energy solar allows Object Injection.This issue affects Solar Energy: from n/a through <= 3.5.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

Solar Energy versions 3.5 and earlier contain a deserialization vulnerability that allows authenticated users to execute arbitrary code on the site. An attacker with low-level access can craft malicious serialized data to trigger code execution during deserialization. This affects confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the site.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Run arbitrary code on the site with the privileges of the web server.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

A low-privilege user account can compromise the entire site, including database access and file modification.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Attacker must have a low-privilege user account on the site; no user interaction required.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

October 22, 2025 CVE published
April 28, 2026 Record updated