CVE•Published 2022-07-18•Modified 2026-04-08•1 article on news•6 live references•NVD data

CVE-2022-2437Slickremix · Feed_them_social

Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS percentile

Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 7% of all CVEs

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-502Deserialization of Untrusted Data

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.

Timeline

Published 2022-07-18

Modified 2026-04-08

External references

NVD MITRE Exploit-DB GitHub PoC trickest/cve VulnCheck

Search for exposed instances

Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).

Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts

vuln:CVE-2022-2437

Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.

Shodan · WP plugin path

http.html:"/wp-content/plugins/feed-them-social/"

Matches any site loading the "feed-them-social" plugin — doesn't rely on Shodan's vuln tag.

Shodan · product

product:"Slickremix Feed Them Social"

All exposed Slickremix Feed Them Social instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.

Shodan · banner/body mention

http.html:"Feed Them Social"

HTTP body or banner mentions "Feed Them Social" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.