# CVE-2022-2437: Feed Them Social – for Twitter feed, Youtube and more <= 2.9.8.5 - Unauthenticated PHAR Deserialization

> Unauthenticated attackers can achieve arbitrary code execution via PHAR deserialization in the Feed Them Social WordPress plugin.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 18 Jul 2022
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-wxr3-9j23-3f82

## What is CVE-2022-2437?

CVE-2022-2437 is a critical unsafe deserialization vulnerability in slickremix Feed Them Social – Social Media Feeds, Video, and Photo Galleries, published on 18 Jul 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### 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.

Weakness: CWE-502 (Deserialization of Untrusted Data)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-2437?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Slickremix Feed Them Social.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-2437?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-2437 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-2437 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-2437 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in slickremix Feed Them Social – Social Media Feeds, Video, and Photo Galleries

- [CVE-2015-9351](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-9351/): Code injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2022-2383](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2383/): Feed Them Social < 3.0.1 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2022-2532](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2532/): Feed Them Social < 3.0.1 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2015-9350](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-9350/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2020-36739](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-36739/): Feed Them Social – Page, Post, Video, and Photo Galleries <= 2.8.6 - Cross-Site Request Forgery Bypass (medium 4.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-2437 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-2437 is a critical unsafe deserialization vulnerability in slickremix Feed Them Social – Social Media Feeds, Video, and Photo Galleries, published on 18 Jul 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-2437 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: slickremix Feed Them Social – Social Media Feeds, Video, and Photo Galleries. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2437/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2437/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-2437
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2437
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-2437

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2437/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.