CVE-2025-32647 HIGH

CVE-2025-32647: WordPress Question Answer plugin <= 1.2.73 - PHP Object Injection vulnerability

Vendor Pickplugins

Product Question Answer

Weakness CWE-502 · Unsafe deserialization

Published April 17, 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 PickPlugins Question Answer question-answer allows Object Injection.This issue affects Question Answer: from n/a through <= 1.2.73.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

Question Answer versions up to 1.2.73 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 that, when processed by the plugin, runs their own PHP code with full site privileges. This affects confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the entire WordPress installation.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Run arbitrary PHP code on the site with full WordPress privileges.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

Complete site compromise: data theft, malware injection, user account takeover, and site defacement are all possible.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Attacker must have a low-level user account (subscriber or above) on the WordPress site.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

April 17, 2025 CVE published

April 28, 2026 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-32647 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/502.html AskarLabs — CWE-502 write-up Deserialization of Untrusted Data

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