Drone Media WordPress theme: Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection
Summary
The Drone Media WordPress theme up to and including version 2.2.0 is affected by an unauthenticated PHP Object Injection vulnerability (CWE-502). An unauthenticated remote attacker can send crafted serialized data to the website, which may lead to code execution, file deletion or data theft if a suitable gadget chain exists in other installed software. No public proof of concept has been found, and exploitation is not known. CVSS 9.8 (Critical).
Affected
- Drone Media theme versions up to and including 2.2.0
- Default status and fixed versions are inconsistent across sources; treat the explicit range <= 2.2.0 as authoritative
Fixed in
Unknown. No vendor patch has been confirmed. Do not assume that version 2.13.0 or later fixes this issue until AncoraThemes or Patchstack confirms it.
Workaround
- Deactivate or uninstall the Drone Media theme until a secure version is available
- If it must remain active, restrict access to admin and endpoints at the WAF or reverse proxy
- Keep WordPress core, other plugins and PHP up to date to reduce available gadget chains
- Remove any nulled or pirated copies of the theme
Exploitation
- Not listed in CISA KEV
- CISA SSVC: Exploitation none, Automatable yes, Technical Impact total
- EPSS very low (0.00304)
- No public proof of concept found so far
- Patchstack describes the issue as high priority and expects exploitation
Our recommendation
- Inventory all WordPress sites and check whether the Drone Media theme is installed and its version
- Deactivate or replace the theme on affected sites, or isolate them
- Ask AncoraThemes whether a fixed release exists
- Check for nulled copies and treat any such site as potentially compromised
- Monitor logs for suspicious requests and re-check the status of this CVE regularly
Public exploits
PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit and Exploit-DB list nothing for this CVE.
Research sources
- Patchstack advisory patchstack.com
- OpenCVE CVE record app.opencve.io
- HOL advisory hol.org
- ThemeForest listing themeforest.net
- Vulners (Rapid7) 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, 19:26.
Original description (NVD)
Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection in Drone Media <= 2.2.0 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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