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PHP object injection in WordPress Royal Event theme

Priority MEDIUM 49CWE-502Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-502.

Summary

ThemeREX Royal Event through 2.0 has a deserialization of untrusted data flaw (CWE-502). The theme processes attacker-supplied serialized data without validation, which lets an unauthenticated remote attacker inject PHP objects. Successful injection can affect confidentiality, integrity and availability.

Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-31

Description from the CNA

Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability in ThemeREX Royal Event allows Object Injection. This issue affects Royal Event: from n/a through 2.0.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00408 35th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
ThemeREXRoyal Eventup to 2.0—No fix listedCNA
  • Royal Event VendorThemeREX Affected up to 2.0 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

Remediation

The sources list no fixed version for Royal Event.

Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-31

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-30 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-119526
  2. 2026-10-30 CISA SSVC decision points changed
  3. 2026-10-30 Alias added: GHSA-jhpc-jcvx-rg2p

References

  • TI-2020-08268 The ThemeREX Addons plugin before 2020-03-09 for WordPress lacks access control on the… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2024-12489 ThemeREX Addons <= 2.32.3 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload in trx_addons_uploads_save_data CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2024-05844 Several WordPress.org Plugins <= Various Versions - Injected Backdoor CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
  • TI-2026-47321 WordPress FreightCo theme <= 1.1.15 - PHP Object Injection vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-46741 WordPress Abelle theme <= 1.22 - PHP Object Injection vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-44381 WordPress ThemeREX Addons plugin < 2.45.0 - PHP Object Injection vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
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Sources