CVE-2025-49434 CRITICAL

CVE-2025-49434: WordPress Cars4Rent Theme <= 1.4.2 - PHP Object Injection Vulnerability

Vendor Axiomthemes

Product Cars4Rent

Weakness CWE-502 · Unsafe deserialization

Published August 20, 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 axiomthemes Cars4Rent cars4rent allows Object Injection.This issue affects Cars4Rent: from n/a through <= 1.4.2.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

Cars4Rent versions 1.4.2 and earlier contain a deserialization vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code on the server. The vulnerability exists in how the application processes untrusted serialized data without proper validation. An attacker can exploit this remotely without authentication or user interaction to gain full control of the affected system.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

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

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

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

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Network access to the vulnerable application. No authentication or user interaction required.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

August 20, 2025 CVE published

April 28, 2026 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-49434 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/502.html

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