CVE-2025-53299 WordPress ThemeMakers Visual Content Composer Plugin <= 1.5.8 - PHP Object Injection Vulnerability
An attacker can exploit PHP object injection in the Visual Content Composer plugin to potentially execute arbitrary code on the WordPress site.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-53299?
CVE-2025-53299 is a critical unsafe deserialization vulnerability in ThemeMakers Visual Content Composer, published on 20 Aug 2025. 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 ThemeMakers ThemeMakers Visual Content Composer tmm_content_composer allows Object Injection.This issue affects ThemeMakers Visual Content Composer: from n/a through <= 1.5.8.
Weakness: CWE-502
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-53299?
How do I fix CVE-2025-53299?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-53299 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and only deserialise data from trusted sources or with an allow-list of types. More about Unsafe deserialization.
Is CVE-2025-53299 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-53299 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-xxm4-m7f5-mqxf.