# CVE-2025-69099: WordPress North theme <= 5.7.5 - PHP Object Injection vulnerability

> An attacker can exploit unsafe deserialization in the North WordPress theme to potentially execute arbitrary code on the server.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 22 Jan 2026
- **Updated:** 28 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-gp33-fh24-7q8q

## What is CVE-2025-69099?

CVE-2025-69099 is a high-severity unsafe deserialization vulnerability in fuelthemes North, published on 22 Jan 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability in fuelthemes North north-wp allows Object Injection.This issue affects North: from n/a through <= 5.7.5.

Weakness: CWE-502 (Deserialization of Untrusted Data)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-69099?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-69099?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-69099 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-69099 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-69099 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-69099 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-69099 is a high-severity unsafe deserialization vulnerability in fuelthemes North, published on 22 Jan 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-69099 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: fuelthemes North. 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-2025-69099/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-69099/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-69099
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-69099
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-69099

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-69099/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.