CVE-2025-60232
Published: 22 October 2025
Description
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
Security Summary
CVE-2025-60232 is a Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability (CWE-502) in the KBx Pro Ultimate knowledgebase-helpdesk-pro WordPress plugin developed by quantumcloud. This flaw enables Object Injection and affects all versions of the plugin up to and including 8.0.5. The vulnerability has 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 critical severity due to its potential for high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Unauthenticated remote attackers can exploit this vulnerability over the network with low complexity and no user interaction required. Successful exploitation allows attackers to inject arbitrary objects via deserialization of untrusted data, potentially leading to severe consequences such as remote code execution, data manipulation, or denial of service, as reflected in the high impact metrics.
The Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/knowledgebase-helpdesk-pro/vulnerability/wordpress-kbx-pro-ultimate-plugin-8-0-5-php-object-injection-vulnerability?_s_id=cve provides details on this PHP Object Injection vulnerability in KBx Pro Ultimate versions up to 8.0.5. Security practitioners should consult this reference for mitigation guidance, such as updating to a patched version if available.
Details
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Why these techniques?
The vulnerability is an unauthenticated remote deserialization flaw in a public-facing WordPress plugin, directly enabling exploitation of public-facing applications for potential RCE.