Vulnerability · Published Jul 18, 2022 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2022-2437Feed Them Social – for Twitter feed, Youtube and more <= 2.9.8.5 - Unauthenticated PHAR Deserialization
Critical 9.8
In plain English
A critical-severity unsafe deserialization in Feed Them Social – Social Media Feeds, Video, and Photo Galleries from slickremix. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.7% (higher than 78% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The Feed Them Social – for Twitter feed, Youtube and more plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to deserialization of untrusted input via the 'fts_url' parameter in versions up to, and including 2.9.8.5. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to call files using a PHAR wrapper that will deserialize the data and call arbitrary PHP Objects that can be used to perform a variety of malicious actions granted a POP chain is also present. It also requires that the attacker is successful in uploading a file with the serialized payload.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| slickremix | Feed Them Social – Social Media Feeds, Video, and Photo Galleries | 0 – through 2.9.8.5 |
Weakness: CWE-502 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/50bcea94-b12a-4b31-b0c1-bba834ea9bd0?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2754749%40feed-them-social&new=2754749%40feed-them-social&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
- https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2022-2437