{"id":44905,"date":"2025-05-27T08:52:52","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T08:52:52","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-07-05T17:20:25","modified_gmt":"2025-07-05T23:20:25","slug":"cve-2025-39356-serious-deserialization-of-untrusted-data-vulnerability-in-chimpstudio-foodbakery-sticky-cart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-39356-serious-deserialization-of-untrusted-data-vulnerability-in-chimpstudio-foodbakery-sticky-cart\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-39356: Serious Deserialization of Untrusted Data Vulnerability in Chimpstudio Foodbakery Sticky Cart<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This blog post discusses a serious vulnerability, CVE-2025-39356, that poses a significant threat to users of the Chimpstudio Foodbakery Sticky Cart. This vulnerability involves the deserialization of untrusted data, which, if exploited, could potentially lead to system compromise or data leakage. Given the high severity score of 9.8, it is crucial to understand this vulnerability, its impact, and how to mitigate it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-39356<br \/>\nSeverity: Critical (CVSS: 9.8)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Network<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: None<br \/>\nUser Interaction: None<br \/>\nImpact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-39401-unrestricted-file-upload-leading-to-potential-system-compromise-in-mojoomla-wpams\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"52160\">System compromise<\/a> or data leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-1982405104\" 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>Chimpstudio Foodbakery Sticky Cart | up to and including 3.2<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The vulnerability arises from the mishandling of serialized (or deserialized) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-39354-critical-deserialization-of-untrusted-data-vulnerability-in-themegoods-grand-conference\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"52575\">untrusted data<\/a>. In essence, Chimpstudio Foodbakery Sticky Cart fails to adequately <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2022-3604-data-validation-vulnerability-in-contact-form-entries-wordpress-plugin\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"52159\">validate or sanitize data<\/a> before it is deserialized. This flaw can be exploited by an attacker who can control the input to the deserialization operation, leading to arbitrary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-47916-critical-remote-code-execution-vulnerability-in-invision-community-5-0-0\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"50408\">code execution<\/a>. Specifically, the malicious user can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-3623-php-object-injection-vulnerability-in-uncanny-automator-wordpress-plugin\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"50377\">inject harmful data objects<\/a> into the application, which, when deserialized, allows the attacker to manipulate the application&#8217;s logic or compromise the entire system.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-3364107633\" 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>Below is a conceptual example of how the vulnerability might be exploited:<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">POST \/add-to-cart HTTP\/1.1\nHost: target.example.com\nContent-Type: application\/json\n{ &quot;item&quot;: {&quot;_type&quot;: &quot;serialized-object&quot;, &quot;_value&quot;: &quot;malicious_payload&quot;} }<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In this hypothetical example, the attacker crafts a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-4827-critical-buffer-overflow-vulnerability-in-totolink-http-post-request-handler\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"52161\">POST request<\/a> to the `add-to-cart` endpoint of the application. The `item` object is a serialized object that contains a malicious payload. When the server deserializes this object, it inadvertently executes the malicious payload, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-4809-critical-vulnerability-in-tenda-ac7-router-leads-to-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"50623\">leading to potential system<\/a> compromise or data leakage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mitigation Recommendations<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The primary mitigation for this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-50213-special-element-injection-vulnerability-in-apache-airflow-providers-snowflake\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"64032\">vulnerability is to apply the patch provided<\/a> by the vendor as soon as it is available. In the meantime, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-5485-a-critical-vulnerability-pertaining-to-user-name-enumeration-in-web-management-interfaces\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"64033\">users can employ a Web<\/a> Application Firewall (WAF) or Intrusion Detection System (IDS) as temporary mitigation. It is also recommended to avoid <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-39349-critical-deserialization-of-untrusted-data-vulnerability-in-ciyashop\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"52555\">deserializing data from untrusted<\/a> sources and to employ input validation or sanitizing measures before deserializing data.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview This blog post discusses a serious vulnerability, CVE-2025-39356, that poses a significant threat to users of the Chimpstudio Foodbakery Sticky Cart. This vulnerability involves the deserialization of untrusted data, which, if exploited, could potentially lead to system compromise or data leakage. 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