{"id":42754,"date":"2025-05-22T19:11:07","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T19:11:07","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-07-03T23:22:52","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T05:22:52","slug":"cve-2025-3623-php-object-injection-vulnerability-in-uncanny-automator-wordpress-plugin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-3623-php-object-injection-vulnerability-in-uncanny-automator-wordpress-plugin\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-3623: PHP Object Injection Vulnerability in Uncanny Automator WordPress Plugin<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The popular WordPress plugin, Uncanny Automator has been discovered to contain a serious PHP Object Injection vulnerability, identified as CVE-2025-3623. This vulnerability affects all versions of the plugin up to and including 6.4.0.1. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-4391-wordpress-echo-rss-feed-post-generator-plugin-arbitrary-file-upload-vulnerability\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"50863\">plugin is widely used by WordPress<\/a> website owners for automating their website\u2019s tasks, making this vulnerability a significant concern for countless websites globally. If left unpatched, this weakness can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-27891-samsung-mobile-and-wearable-processors-vulnerability-leads-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"49324\">potentially be exploited by attackers to compromise systems<\/a> or leak sensitive data, thus underscoring the urgency of addressing this issue.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-3623<br \/>\nSeverity: High (8.1 CVSS Score)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Network<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: Low (Subscriber-level Access)<br \/>\nUser Interaction: Required<br \/>\nImpact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2024-52880-critical-vulnerability-in-insyde-insydeh2o-kernels-potentially-leading-to-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"51480\">Potential system<\/a> compromise or data leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-2061858259\" class=\"ameeb-content-2 ameeb-entity-placement\"><div style=\"border-left: 4px solid #555; padding-left: 20px; margin: 48px 0; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.6; max-width: 720px;\">\r\n  <h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; font-size: 22px; font-weight: 600; display: flex; align-items: center; letter-spacing: -0.02em;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"display: inline-flex; align-items: center; margin-right: 10px;\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Best-App-icon-Ameeba.png\" alt=\"Ameeba Chat Icon\" style=\"width: 42px; height: 42px;\" \/>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n    Share secrets securely\r\n  <\/h2>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 14px; color: #d1d5db;\">\r\n    Ameeba is private infrastructure for communication and sensitive work built on encrypted identity instead of exposed corporate identity systems.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 18px; color: #a1a1aa;\">\r\n    Passwords, credentials, confidential files, screenshots, internal discussions, sensitive AI context, and private coordination should not become exposed across ordinary communication platforms.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <ul style=\"list-style: none; padding-left: 0; margin-bottom: 24px; color: #e4e4e7;\">\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Encrypted identity<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Private Spaces for organizations and teams<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 End-to-end encrypted chat, calls, files, and notes<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Sensitive AI work and protected collaboration<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Built for information that cannot leak<\/li>\r\n  <\/ul>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 24px; color: #ffffff;\">\r\n    Our mission is to secure human work alongside AI.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <div style=\"display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 12px;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\/download\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 8px; font-weight: 500;\">\r\n      Download Ameeba\r\n    <\/a>\r\n\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ffffff; color: #ffffff; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 8px; font-weight: 500;\">\r\n      Learn More\r\n    <\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Product | Affected Versions<\/p>\n<p>Uncanny Automator <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-31914-critical-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-pixel-wordpress-form-builder-plugin-autoresponder\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"54796\">WordPress Plugin<\/a> | Up to and including 6.4.0.1<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The vulnerability resides in the automator_api_decode_message() function of the Uncanny Automator plugin, which fails to properly sanitize <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-39349-critical-deserialization-of-untrusted-data-vulnerability-in-ciyashop\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"52566\">untrusted input during the deserialization<\/a> process. This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-52921-critical-vulnerability-in-innoshop-allows-code-execution-by-authenticated-attackers\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"63510\">allows authenticated<\/a> attackers, having at least Subscriber-level access, to inject a malicious PHP Object. Further, the presence of a POP (Property-Oriented Programming) chain enables the attackers to perform destructive actions, such as deleting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-4317-thegem-wordpress-theme-vulnerability-leading-to-arbitrary-file-uploads\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"48177\">arbitrary files<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-2828282856\" class=\"ameeb-content ameeb-entity-placement\"><div class=\"poptin-embedded\" data-id=\"f6b387694f681\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n<p>A conceptual exploitation might involve sending a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-24189-memory-corruption-vulnerability-due-to-maliciously-crafted-web-content-in-various-operating-systems\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"51757\">malicious JSON payload to the vulnerable<\/a> endpoint. Here&#8217;s a simplified example:<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">POST \/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php?action=automator_api_decode_message HTTP\/1.1\nHost: target.example.com\nContent-Type: application\/json\n{ &quot;message&quot;: &quot;O:8:\\&quot;stdClass\\&quot;:1:{s:4:\\&quot;file\\&quot;;s:12:\\&quot;\/etc\/passwd\\&quot;;}&quot; }<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In this pseudo-code example, the serialized PHP Object in the &#8220;message&#8221; parameter is crafted to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-4564-arbitrary-file-deletion-vulnerability-in-ticketbai-facturas-para-woocommerce-plugin\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"50154\">delete a file<\/a> (`\/etc\/passwd` in this case). This is a mere conceptual example and the actual attack would be more complex and stealthy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mitigation Guidance<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-39486-rankie-sql-injection-vulnerability-and-mitigation-measures\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"63511\">mitigate this vulnerability<\/a>, users are strongly advised to apply the latest patch provided by the vendor. If the patch cannot be applied immediately, it is recommended to use Web Application Firewall (WAF) or Intrusion Detection System (IDS) as temporary mitigation. As always, monitoring for unusual activity and maintaining an updated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/ua-little-rock-cybersecurity-program-paving-the-way-to-a-secure-digital-future\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"49325\">security system will go a long way<\/a> in protecting against such threats.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview The popular WordPress plugin, Uncanny Automator has been discovered to contain a serious PHP Object Injection vulnerability, identified as CVE-2025-3623. This vulnerability affects all versions of the plugin up to and including 6.4.0.1. The plugin is widely used by WordPress website owners for automating their website\u2019s tasks, making this vulnerability a significant concern for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"vendor":[],"product":[],"attack_vector":[],"asset_type":[],"severity":[],"exploit_status":[],"class_list":["post-42754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42754"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42754\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57071,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42754\/revisions\/57071"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42754"},{"taxonomy":"vendor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vendor?post=42754"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=42754"},{"taxonomy":"attack_vector","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/attack_vector?post=42754"},{"taxonomy":"asset_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/asset_type?post=42754"},{"taxonomy":"severity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/severity?post=42754"},{"taxonomy":"exploit_status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exploit_status?post=42754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}