CVE-2026-24385 HIGH

CVE-2026-24385: WordPress Podlove Web Player plugin <= 5.9.1 - PHP Object Injection vulnerability

Vendor Gerritvanaaken

Product Podlove Web Player

Weakness CWE-502 · Unsafe deserialization

Published March 5, 2026

Last update April 28, 2026

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CVSS base score

7.5/10

Attack vector Network

Attack complexity High

Privileges required Low

User interaction None

Confidentiality High

Integrity High

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability in gerritvanaaken Podlove Web Player podlove-web-player allows Object Injection.This issue affects Podlove Web Player: from n/a through <= 5.9.1.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

The Podlove Web Player versions 5.9.1 and earlier contain a deserialization vulnerability that allows authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code on the server. An attacker with low-level access can craft malicious serialized data that, when processed by the application, executes code with full system privileges. This affects confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected system.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Run their own code on the server with full privileges (remote code execution).

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

A logged-in attacker can compromise the entire server, steal data, modify content, or take the site offline.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Attacker must have a low-privilege account or login credentials; no user interaction required.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

March 5, 2026 CVE published

April 28, 2026 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-24385 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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