CVE-2025-32293 HIGH

CVE-2025-32293: WordPress Finance Consultant theme <= 2.8 - PHP Object Injection Vulnerability

Vendor Designthemes
Product Finance Consultant
Weakness CWE-502 · Unsafe deserialization
Published May 23, 2025
Last update April 28, 2026
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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 Finance Consultant finance allows Object Injection.This issue affects Finance Consultant: from n/a through <= 2.8.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

Finance Consultant versions 2.8 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 with full site privileges. This affects confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the entire installation.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Run arbitrary code on the site with full administrative privileges.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

Complete site compromise: data theft, malware injection, user account takeover, and service disruption.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Attacker must have a low-level user account (e.g., subscriber or contributor role).

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

May 23, 2025 CVE published
April 28, 2026 Record updated