{"id":59013,"date":"2025-07-10T19:29:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T19:29:10","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-08-31T18:38:28","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T00:38:28","slug":"cve-2025-52828-object-injection-vulnerability-in-red-art-designthemes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-52828-object-injection-vulnerability-in-red-art-designthemes\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-52828: Object Injection Vulnerability in Red Art Designthemes<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the ever-evolving field of cybersecurity, one of the significant threats is the Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerabilities. Recently, a new vulnerability has been identified in the Red Art designthemes, denoted as CVE-2025-52828. This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-52834-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-favethemes-homey\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"65665\">vulnerability could allow an attacker to inject<\/a> malicious objects, potentially leading to system compromise or data leakage. With the widespread use of Red Art designthemes in various web applications, this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-53314-high-severity-cross-site-request-forgery-csrf-vulnerability-in-sh1zen-wp-optimizer\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"65575\">vulnerability poses a severe<\/a> threat to online security, particularly if left unpatched.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-52828<br \/>\nSeverity: High (8.8 CVSS Score)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Network<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: None<br \/>\nUser Interaction: None<br \/>\nImpact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-52817-authorization-bypass-in-zealousweb-abandoned-contact-form-7-leads-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"65744\">Potential system<\/a> compromise or data leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-2750240639\" 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: 700px;\">\r\n  <h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; display: flex; align-items: center;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"display: inline-flex; align-items: center; margin-right: 8px;\">\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: 40px; height: 40px;\" \/>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n    A new way to communicate\r\n  <\/h2>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 12px;\">\r\n    Ameeba Chat is built on encrypted identity, not personal profiles.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 16px;\">\r\n    Message, call, share files, and coordinate with identities kept separate.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <ul style=\"list-style: none; padding-left: 0; margin-bottom: 20px;\">\r\n    <li>\u2022 Encrypted identity<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Ameeba Chat authenticates access<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Aliases and categories<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 End-to-end encrypted chat, calls, and files<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Secure notes for sensitive information<\/li>\r\n  <\/ul>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\r\n    Private communication, rethought.\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: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Download Ameeba Chat<\/a>\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ffffff; color: #ffffff; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Learn More<\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Product | Affected Versions<\/p>\n<p>Red Art designthemes | n\/a through 3.7<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-32897-deserialization-of-untrusted-data-vulnerability-in-apache-seata-incubating\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"65568\">vulnerability arises from the improper deserialization of untrusted data<\/a>. In the context of Red Art designthemes, an attacker could potentially craft a malicious object that, when deserialized, allows for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-54416-arbitrary-command-execution-vulnerability-in-tj-actions-branch-names-github-action\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"70547\">arbitrary code execution<\/a>. This code execution could lead to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-5835-droip-plugin-for-wordpress-unauthorized-access-and-modification-vulnerability\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"70548\">unauthorized access<\/a>, data leakage, or even system compromise.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-3851900748\" 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 this vulnerability might be exploited. The attacker sends a POST request with a malicious payload crafted to exploit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-53770-critical-deserialization-vulnerability-in-microsoft-sharepoint-server\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"70546\">deserialization vulnerability<\/a>.<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">POST \/vulnerable\/endpoint HTTP\/1.1\nHost: target.example.com\nContent-Type: application\/json\n{ &quot;malicious_payload&quot;: &quot;{...malicious serialized object...}&quot; }<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>Upon receiving this request, the server deserializes the malicious object, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-30327-integer-overflow-vulnerability-in-incopy-leading-to-potential-arbitrary-code-execution\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"73620\">potentially triggering the execution of arbitrary code<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mitigation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The recommended mitigation for this vulnerability is to apply the vendor-supplied patch. In the absence of a patch, or until it can be applied, a potential temporary mitigation could be the use of a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or Intrusion Detection System (IDS) to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-20217-denial-of-service-vulnerability-in-snort-3-detection-engine-of-cisco-secure-firewall-threat-defense-software\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"77128\">detect and block attempts to exploit this vulnerability<\/a>.<br \/>\nIn the long term, it&#8217;s essential to adopt <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-53093-critical-security-vulnerability-in-tabberneue-mediawiki-extension\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"65706\">secure coding practices to avoid deserialization vulnerabilities<\/a>. This includes not <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-52826-deserialization-of-untrusted-data-vulnerability-in-uxper-sala\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"65662\">deserializing untrusted data<\/a> and employing input validation methods to ensure only valid data is processed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview In the ever-evolving field of cybersecurity, one of the significant threats is the Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerabilities. Recently, a new vulnerability has been identified in the Red Art designthemes, denoted as CVE-2025-52828. This vulnerability could allow an attacker to inject malicious objects, potentially leading to system compromise or data leakage. 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