CVE-2026-22473
Deserialization Vulnerability in Dental Clinic Plugin Allows Object Injection
Publication date: 2026-03-05
Last updated on: 2026-03-09
Assigner: Patchstack
Description
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Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| designthemes | dental_clinic | to 3.7 (inc) |
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Exploitability
| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CWE-502 | The product deserializes untrusted data without sufficiently ensuring that the resulting data will be valid. |
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AI Powered Q&A
Can you explain this vulnerability to me?
CVE-2026-22473 is a high-priority PHP Object Injection vulnerability affecting the WordPress Dental Clinic Theme versions up to and including 3.7.
This vulnerability allows a malicious actor to perform PHP Object Injection, which can lead to code injection, SQL injection, path traversal, denial of service, and other attacks if a suitable Property Oriented Programming (POP) chain is present.
It is classified under OWASP Top 10 A3: Injection and has a CVSS severity score of 8.8, indicating a highly dangerous risk expected to be exploited.
How can this vulnerability impact me? :
Exploitation of this vulnerability can allow attackers to inject malicious code, perform SQL injection, traverse paths, cause denial of service, and potentially execute other harmful actions on the affected system.
Such impacts can compromise the integrity, availability, and confidentiality of the affected website and its data.
The vulnerability requires at least subscriber or developer privileges to be exploited.
How does this vulnerability affect compliance with common standards and regulations (like GDPR, HIPAA)?:
I don't know
How can this vulnerability be detected on my network or system? Can you suggest some commands?
There is no specific detection command or method provided for identifying this vulnerability on your network or system.
However, since the vulnerability affects the WordPress Dental Clinic Theme versions up to 3.7 and involves PHP Object Injection, monitoring for unusual PHP object deserialization or suspicious requests targeting the theme files could help in detection.
Patchstack has issued a mitigation rule that can block attacks targeting this vulnerability, which can be used as a preventive measure.
What immediate steps should I take to mitigate this vulnerability?
Since no official patch is currently available for this vulnerability, immediate mitigation should focus on applying the Patchstack mitigation rule designed to block attacks targeting this vulnerability.
Users of the Dental Clinic Theme are strongly advised to apply Patchstack’s mitigation immediately to protect their websites from exploitation.
Additionally, restricting user privileges to prevent unauthorized subscriber or developer access can reduce the risk of exploitation.