CVE-2022-2437

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.

Category

9.8
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 3.1 •
EPSS 1.64% Top 20%
Third-Party Advisory wordfence.com Third-Party Advisory wordfence.com
Affected: slickremix Feed Them Social – Page, Post, Video, and Photo Galleries
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References

Link Tags
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/50bcea94-b12a-4b31-b0c1-bba834ea9bd0?source=cve third party advisory
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= patch
https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2022-2437 third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2022-2437?
CVE-2022-2437 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2022-2437?
To fix CVE-2022-2437, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2022-2437 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2022-2437 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~2% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
What software or system is affected by CVE-2022-2437?
CVE-2022-2437 affects slickremix Feed Them Social – Page, Post, Video, and Photo Galleries.
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