Summary
CVE-2026-65579 is an unauthenticated PHP Object Injection (deserialization of untrusted data, CWE-502) vulnerability in the Agricola WordPress theme by AxiomThemes. It affects Agricola versions up to and including 1.21.0 and carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.8 (Critical). An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit it, potentially leading to full site compromise.
Technical details
- Root cause: The theme deserializes untrusted, attacker-controllable data without proper validation (CWE-502), allowing injection of crafted PHP objects.
- Trigger conditions: No authentication and no user interaction are required to reach the vulnerable code path.
- Attack vector: Network — the flaw is remotely exploitable over HTTP(S) with low attack complexity.
- Impact: Object injection can be leveraged against available PHP gadget chains, with high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability; consequences may include remote code execution and full site takeover.
Affected software
- Agricola WordPress theme (AxiomThemes) — all versions up to and including 1.21.0.
Severity
- CVSS v3.1 base score: 9.8 (Critical)
- Vector:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Mitigation and recommended actions
- Immediate: Update the Agricola theme to a release later than 1.21.0 once available from the vendor.
- If no patch is available: Restrict internet-facing access to the affected site, deploy a web application firewall to filter serialized-object payloads in requests, and monitor for anomalous requests targeting the theme. Remove or disable the theme if it is not required.
How IONIX identifies potentially affected assets
IONIX matches the following signals against data already collected when it crawled the asset; identifying the technology sends no request beyond that crawl.
- Raw response body:
/wp-content/themes/agricola/

