ThemeGoods Altair, Deserialization of Untrusted Data, CVE-2025-32928 (Critical)

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How CVE-2025-32928 Works

CVE-2025-32928 is a critical deserialization vulnerability in ThemeGoods Altair (versions up to 5.2.2) that allows remote attackers to inject malicious objects via untrusted data. The flaw occurs when the application deserializes user-supplied input without proper validation, enabling arbitrary code execution or privilege escalation. Attackers exploit insecure PHP object deserialization by crafting a payload that triggers unintended class instantiation or method execution, leading to full system compromise.

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Platform: ThemeGoods Altair
Version: ≤ 5.2.2
Vulnerability: Object Injection
Severity: Critical
Date: 05/29/2025

Prediction: Patch by 06/15/2025

What Undercode Say:

Exploit Analysis:

1. Payload Crafting:

$payload = serialize(new MaliciousClass());

2. Trigger via HTTP:

curl -X POST -d "data=$payload" http://target/wp-content/plugins/altair/vuln_endpoint.php

Protection Commands:

1. Immediate Mitigation:

chmod -R 750 /wp-content/plugins/altair/

2. WAF Rule:

location ~ /altair/ { deny all; }

Code Fix (Patch Workaround):

if (!is_trusted_source($_POST['data'])) {
die("Invalid input");
}
$data = json_decode($_POST['data'], true); // Use JSON instead of unserialize()

Detection Script:

import requests
def check_vuln(url):
res = requests.post(url, data={"data":"O:8:\"stdClass\":0:{}}"})
return "unserialize()" in res.text

Post-Patch Audit:

grep -r "unserialize(" /var/www/html/

Log Analysis:

tail -f /var/log/apache2/access.log | grep "altair.POST"

Impact Metrics:

  • RCE Likelihood: High
  • Exploit Complexity: Low
  • Patch Urgency: Immediate

Sources:

Reported By: nvd.nist.gov
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