CVE-2022-4680 Revive Old Posts – Social Media Auto Post and Scheduling Plugin < 9.0.11 - PHP Object Injection
Admins can trigger PHP object injection via unsafe deserialization in settings, potentially leading to code execution if gadgets exist.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2022-4680?
CVE-2022-4680 is a high-severity unsafe deserialization vulnerability in Unknown Revive Old Posts, published on 30 Jan 2023. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Revive Old Posts WordPress plugin before 9.0.11 unserializes user input provided via the settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform PHP Object Injection when a suitable gadget is present.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-4680?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Revive Revive Old Posts.
How do I fix CVE-2022-4680?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-4680 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and only deserialise data from trusted sources or with an allow-list of types. More about Unsafe deserialization.
Is CVE-2022-4680 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-4680 exists.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-pqm2-5wmp-22wm.