CVE-2025-46473 WordPress Social Counter plugin <= 2.0.5 - PHP Object Injection Vulnerability
An attacker can exploit PHP object injection in the Social Counter plugin to potentially execute arbitrary code on the WordPress site.
- 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-2025-46473?
CVE-2025-46473 is a high-severity unsafe deserialization vulnerability in Prisna Social Counter, published on 24 Apr 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability in Prisna Social Counter social-counter allows Object Injection.This issue affects Social Counter: from n/a through <= 2.0.5.
Weakness: CWE-502
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-46473?
How do I fix CVE-2025-46473?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-46473 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-2025-46473 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-46473 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-3q79-7347-5532.