# CVE-2023-52218: WordPress WooCommerce Tranzila Gateway Plugin <= 1.0.8 is vulnerable to PHP Object Injection

> An attacker can exploit PHP object injection in the Tranzila Gateway plugin to potentially execute arbitrary code on the WordPress site.

- **Severity:** Critical 10.0 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 8 Jan 2024
- **Updated:** 28 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-759j-vc5c-fv87

## What is CVE-2023-52218?

CVE-2023-52218 is a critical unsafe deserialization vulnerability in Anton Bond Woocommerce Tranzila Payment Gateway, published on 8 Jan 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability in Anton Bond Woocommerce Tranzila Payment Gateway.This issue affects Woocommerce Tranzila Payment Gateway: from n/a through 1.0.8.

Weakness: CWE-502 (Deserialization of Untrusted Data)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-52218?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Antonbond Woocommerce Tranzila Payment Gateway.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-52218?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-52218 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-52218 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-52218 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-52218 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-52218 is a critical unsafe deserialization vulnerability in Anton Bond Woocommerce Tranzila Payment Gateway, published on 8 Jan 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-52218 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Anton Bond Woocommerce Tranzila Payment Gateway. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-52218/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-52218/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52218
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-52218
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-52218

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-52218/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.