9.8

CVE-2022-2437: slickremix feed_them_social Deserialization of Untrusted Data

CVSS: 9.8v3.1CriticalModified
Published 18-07-2022Last modified 08-04-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-2437 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability in slickremix feed_them_social. EPSS estimates a 1.73% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 77.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
9.8/10
010
Critical · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
1.73%
0%100%
Low · -0.02 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 18-07-2022
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 08-04-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

1.73%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

77%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

-0.02 pp

From 1.75% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
1.73%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Slickremix2 products
Wordpress1 product
  • feed-them-social≤ 2.9.8.5 (fixed in 2.9.8.6)

2 vendors · 3 products

References

4 links