Attack Vectors

CVE-2025-24779 is a High-severity vulnerability (CVSS 8.8, CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H) affecting the Yogi – Health Beauty & Yoga WordPress Theme (slug: yogi) in versions prior to 2.9.3.

The issue is exploitable by an authenticated user with Subscriber-level access or higher. In practical business terms, that means an attacker first needs a low-privilege login—often obtained through credential reuse, phishing, weak passwords, exposed staging accounts, or open user registration—then can attempt to trigger the vulnerable behavior over the network without additional user interaction.

Security Weakness

The Yogi theme is vulnerable to PHP Object Injection due to deserialization of untrusted input in versions up to, but not including, 2.9.3. This can allow an authenticated attacker to inject a crafted PHP object.

According to the published advisory, no known POP (Property-Oriented Programming) chain is present in the vulnerable software. However, if a POP chain is available through another installed theme or plugin, the injected object could potentially be leveraged into more damaging outcomes.

Reference: Wordfence vulnerability intelligence entry.

Technical or Business Impacts

On its own, PHP object injection is a serious control-break because it can become a stepping stone to high-impact actions depending on the broader WordPress environment. If a usable POP chain exists via additional components, the attacker may be able to delete arbitrary files, retrieve sensitive data, or execute code—outcomes explicitly noted as possible in the advisory.

For business owners and department leaders (Marketing, Finance, Operations, Compliance), the practical risks include site downtime, loss of customer trust, brand damage, potential data exposure (e.g., member email addresses or other stored information depending on what your site collects), and regulatory/compliance reporting burdens if sensitive data is involved. Because this requires only a Subscriber-level account, organizations with memberships, customer portals, or public registration should treat the exposure window as higher-risk.

Remediation: Update the Yogi theme to version 2.9.3 or newer (patched). Also review whether your site allows public user registration and ensure Subscriber accounts follow least-privilege and strong authentication practices.

Similar attacks (real-world examples): PHP object injection and unsafe deserialization issues have led to major compromises across ecosystems, including CVE-2019-9081 (PHPGGC / SwiftMailer-related deserialization chains used broadly), CVE-2021-29447 (WordPress media XML parsing leading to code execution paths in some configurations), and CVE-2016-7124 (PHP unserialize behavior enabling exploitation patterns).