Cyber Posture

CVE-2025-60214

Critical

Published: 22 October 2025

Published
22 October 2025
Modified
15 April 2026
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0010 27.5th percentile
Risk Priority 20 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Description

Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.

Security Summary

CVE-2025-60214 is a Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability (CWE-502) in the BoldThemes Goldenblatt WordPress theme that allows Object Injection. Published on 2025-10-22, this issue affects Goldenblatt versions from n/a through less than 1.3.0.

The vulnerability carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.8 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H), indicating it can be exploited remotely by unauthenticated attackers with low attack complexity and no user interaction required. Successful exploitation enables high-impact compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability, potentially allowing arbitrary code execution or other severe effects via injected objects.

The Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Theme/goldenblatt/vulnerability/wordpress-goldenblatt-theme-1-2-1-php-object-injection-vulnerability?_s_id=cve details the vulnerability in the Goldenblatt theme, with mitigation achieved by updating to version 1.3.0 or later.

Details

CWE(s)
CWE-502

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
Why these techniques?

The vulnerability is a high-severity deserialization flaw (CWE-502) in a public-facing WordPress theme, exploitable remotely by unauthenticated attackers without user interaction, enabling arbitrary code execution, which directly maps to T1190: Exploit Public-Facing Application.

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v19.0

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