CVE-2026-22473 WordPress Dental Clinic theme <= 3.7 - PHP Object Injection vulnerability

High 8.8 Published Updated

An attacker can exploit PHP object injection in the Dental Clinic theme to potentially execute arbitrary code on the WordPress site.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2026-22473?

CVE-2026-22473 is a high-severity unsafe deserialization vulnerability in designthemes Dental Clinic, published on 5 Mar 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 designthemes Dental Clinic dental allows Object Injection.This issue affects Dental Clinic: from n/a through <= 3.7.

Weakness: CWE-502

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-22473?

How do I fix CVE-2026-22473?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-22473 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-2026-22473 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-22473 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-5f53-5f35-m7wq.

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