CVE-2025-3623 (GCVE-0-2025-3623)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-05-14 02:23 – Updated: 2025-06-26 17:52
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Summary
The Uncanny Automator plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to PHP Object Injection in all versions up to, and including, 6.4.0.1 via deserialization of untrusted input in the automator_api_decode_message() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated to inject a PHP Object. The additional presence of a POP chain allows attackers to delete arbitrary files.
Severity ?
9.1 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-502 - Deserialization of Untrusted Data
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
uncannyowl Uncanny Automator – Easy Automation, Integration, Webhooks & Workflow Builder Plugin Affected: * , ≤ 6.4.0.1 (semver)
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Credits
Michael Mazzolini Gai Tanaka
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