Meals & Wheels WordPress theme: PHP Object Injection without authentication
Summary
The Meals & Wheels WordPress theme up to and including version 1.1.13 contains a PHP Object Injection weakness (CWE-502). An unauthenticated remote attacker can submit crafted serialized data, which may allow manipulation of how the site processes data and execution of harmful actions on the server. The CVSS score of 9.8 is a CNA score, as NVD enrichment is pending.
Affected
- Meals & Wheels WordPress theme (ThemeREX / ThemeForest), versions 1.1.13 and earlier
Fixed in
- Unknown. No official fixed version confirmed by the vendor or Patchstack.
- The vendor changelog lists 1.1.14 and 1.1.15; 1.1.15 mentions a fix for a potential Object Injection during unserialize. Not confirmed as the fix for this CVE.
Workaround
- No vendor or Patchstack workaround known.
- Patchstack has issued a mitigation rule for its own customers (not a vendor fix).
Exploitation
- Not listed as known exploited (KEV: No).
- No public proof of concept found; VulDB states no available exploit.
- CISA SSVC: Automatable yes, Technical Impact total.
Our recommendation
- Check whether any public WordPress site uses this theme and which version is installed.
- Update to the latest version from the ThemeForest or vendor source, and confirm the fix with ThemeREX.
- If no fixed version is available, deactivate and remove the theme and switch to a maintained theme.
- Restrict access to admin and endpoints at the web server or WAF, and check for unexpected admin users and files.
- Monitor logs for suspicious serialized requests.
Public exploits
PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit and Exploit-DB list nothing for this CVE.
Research sources
- Patchstack advisory patchstack.com
- VulDB entry (conflicting classification) vuldb.com
- Vendor theme page (ThemeForest mirror and changelog) themes.aedevstudio.com
- Vulners Patchstack record vulners.com
Researched and written up in English and German by an AI (Claude by Anthropic) based on NVD, CISA, EPSS and the sources listed. The vendor information is authoritative. Researched on 30 Oct 2026, 16:01.
Original description (NVD)
Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection in Meals & Wheels <= 1.1.13 versions.
Sources
The tracker combines official, freely usable data sources – updated continuously:
- NVD (NIST) – CVEs, rating (CVSS), affected products
- CISA KEV – vulnerabilities confirmed by CISA as actively exploited
- CISA Vulnrichment – CISA assessment (SSVC) in the official CVE record
- FIRST EPSS – probability of exploitation
- Microsoft MSRC – Patch Tuesday: vulnerabilities, severity, updates
- PoC-in-GitHub – public proof-of-concept repositories
- Metasploit (Rapid7) – modules of the Metasploit Framework
- Exploit-DB (OffSec) – archive of public exploits (links only)
- Patch days: official vendor pages (linked per vendor) (Vendor patch days)
This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS data © FIRST.org.
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