Kata Plus - Insecure deserialization

Summary

Name	Kata Plus - Addons for Elementor - Widgets, Extensions and Templates 1.5.2 - Insecure deserialization
Code name	skims-15
Product	Kata Plus - Addons for Elementor - Widgets, Extensions and Templates
Affected versions	Version 1.5.2
State	Private
Release date	2025-01-03

Vulnerability

Kind	Insecure deserialization
Rule	Insecure deserialization
Remote	No
CVSSv4 Vector	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U
Exploit available	No
CVE ID(s)	CVE-2025-0768

Description

Kata Plus - Addons for Elementor - Widgets, Extensions and Templates 1.5.2 was found to be vulnerable. Unvalidated user input is used directly in an unserialize function in myapp/includes/theme-options/plugins/cus tomizer-export-import/classes/class-cei- core.php.

Vulnerability

Skims by Fluid Attacks discovered a Insecure deserialization in Kata Plus - Addons for Elementor - Widgets, Extensions and Templates 1.5.2. The following is the output of the tool:

Skims output

 254 | $cei_error = $file['error'];
 255 | return;
 256 | }
 257 | if ( ! file_exists( $file['file'] ) ) {
 258 | $cei_error = __( 'Error importing settings! Please try again.', 'kata-plus' );
 259 | return;
 260 | }
 261 |
 262 | // Get the upload data.
 263 | $raw = file_get_contents( $file['file'] );
> 264 |   $data = @unserialize( $raw );
  265 |
  266 |   // Remove the uploaded file.
  267 |   unlink( $file['file'] );
  268 |
  269 |   // Data checks.
  270 |   if ( 'array' != gettype( $data ) ) {
  271 |    $cei_error = __( 'Error importing settings! Please check that you uploaded a customizer export file.', 'kata-plus' );
  272 |    return;
  273 |   }
  274 |   if ( ! isset( $data['template'] ) || ! isset( $data['mods'] ) ) {
      ^ Col 0

Our security policy

We have reserved the ID CVE-2025-0768 to refer to this issue from now on.

• https://fluidattacks.com/advisories/policy/

System Information

• Version: Kata Plus - Addons for Elementor -

Widgets, Extensions and Templates 1.5.2

Mitigation

There is currently no patch available for this vulnerability.

Credits

The vulnerability was discovered by Andres Roldan from Fluid Attacks' Offensive Team using Skims

Timeline