Overview
In 2025, a critical cybersecurity vulnerability, identified as CVE-2025-31398, emerged in themeton PIMP – Creative MultiPurpose, a widely used creative multipurpose software. This vulnerability originates from a deserialization issue of untrusted data, which paves the way for object injection attacks. The vulnerability is of high significance due to its severity score of 9.8, indicating its potential to cause severe damage, including system compromise, data leakage, and potential disruption of services.
Vulnerability Summary
CVE ID: CVE-2025-31398
Severity: Critical, CVSS Score 9.8
Attack Vector: Network
Privileges Required: None
User Interaction: None
Impact: System Compromise, Data Leakage
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Product | Affected Versions
themeton PIMP – Creative MultiPurpose | n/a through 1.7
How the Exploit Works
The vulnerability, CVE-2025-31398, is a deserialization of untrusted data vulnerability, allowing attackers to inject malicious objects into the system. The vulnerability occurs when an application deserializes untrusted data without proper validation and sanitization. The attacker can manipulate the serialized object to include arbitrary function calls or operations, which will be executed when the object is deserialized.
Conceptual Example Code
The following conceptual example illustrates how an attacker might exploit this vulnerability using a malicious serialized object.
POST /themeton_PIMP_endpoint HTTP/1.1
Host: target.example.com
Content-Type: application/serialized-object
{
"object": {
"_type": "InjectedObject",
"_values": {
"malicious_function": {
"_type": "FunctionCall",
"name": "system",
"arguments": ["payload.exe --execute"]
}
}
}
}In this example, the attacker sends a serialized object containing a malicious function call to the themeton PIMP endpoint. When the system deserializes the object, it executes the malicious function, leading to a potential system compromise.
How to Mitigate the Vulnerability
The recommended mitigation strategy for CVE-2025-31398 is to apply the vendor patch as soon as it becomes available. Until the patch is available, organizations can use a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or Intrusion Detection System (IDS) to block or detect attempts to exploit this vulnerability. Additionally, it is advisable to ensure all data is properly validated and sanitized before deserialization to prevent potential object injection attacks.