Overview
In the world of cybersecurity, a new vulnerability has been identified that affects the Axiomthemes Sweet Dessert. This vulnerability, known as CVE-2025-49073, is a Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability, which potentially allows an attacker to inject malicious objects into the system, leading to system compromise or data leakage. Its severity is marked as a 9.8 out of 10, making it a critical security issue. It is essential to understand this vulnerability, how it affects systems, and what measures can be taken to mitigate it.
Vulnerability Summary
CVE ID: CVE-2025-49073
Severity: Critical (9.8/10)
Attack Vector: Network
Privileges Required: None
User Interaction: None
Impact: Potential system compromise or data leakage
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Product | Affected Versions
Axiomthemes Sweet Dessert | versions before 1.1.13
How the Exploit Works
The CVE-2025-49073 vulnerability exploits the deserialization process of the Axiomthemes Sweet Dessert. Deserialization is the process of converting a serialized object back into its original state. If an attacker can manipulate the serialized object with untrusted data before it is deserialized, they can potentially inject harmful code or objects into the system. This could lead to unauthorized access, data manipulation, or even a full system compromise.
Conceptual Example Code
A potential exploitation could occur via a malicious HTTP POST request. The attacker sends a request with a manipulated serialized object in the request body. Here is a conceptual example of how such an attack might look:
POST /vulnerable/endpoint HTTP/1.1
Host: target.example.com
Content-Type: application/json
{ "malicious_payload": "<serialized object with injected harmful code>" }In this example, the “malicious_payload” contains a serialized object that has been manipulated with injected harmful code. The server then deserializes this object, executing the harmful code in the process.
Mitigation
The most effective mitigation for this vulnerability is to apply the vendor patch. Axiomthemes has released a patch for Sweet Dessert, starting with version 1.1.13. Users are strongly advised to update to this version or later. If for some reason, an immediate update is not possible, using a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or an Intrusion Detection System (IDS) can provide temporary mitigation. These systems can detect and block known attack patterns associated with this vulnerability. However, these are only temporary measures and should not replace applying the vendor’s patch.