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Feed Them Social vulnerabilities

Feed Them Social has 6 known vulnerabilities in this database. The most recent published record is dated 1 Jul 2023.

Known vulnerabilities
6
Active installs
20,000+
Latest version
4.4.3
Last updated
5 Sep 2026
Most recent
1 Jul 2023

Find it in your WordPress dashboard under Plugins. Severity is based on the CVSS score published with the CVE where one is available.

VulnerabilitySeverityAffectedFixPublished
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF)
CVE-2020-36739
Medium 4.3Before 2.8.7Fixed in 2.8.71 Jul 2023
Cross-site scripting (XSS)
CVE-2022-2532
Medium 6.1Before 3.0.1Fixed in 3.0.122 Aug 2022
Cross-site scripting (XSS)
CVE-2022-2383
Medium 6.1Before 3.0.1Fixed in 3.0.122 Aug 2022
PHP object injection
CVE-2022-2437
Critical 9.8Before 2.9.8.6Fixed in 2.9.8.618 Jul 2022
Cross-site scripting (XSS)
CVE-2015-9350
Medium 6.1Before 1.7.0Fixed in 1.7.027 Aug 2019
Security weakness
CVE-2015-9351
Critical 9.8Before 1.7.0Fixed in 1.7.027 Aug 2019
Read the published descriptions
CVE-2020-36739, 1 Jul 2023
The Feed Them Social - Page, Post, Video, and Photo Galleries plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 2.8.6. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the my_fts_fb_load_more() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to load feeds via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link. CVE record
CVE-2022-2532, 22 Aug 2022
The Feed Them Social WordPress plugin before 3.0.1 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting CVE record
CVE-2022-2383, 22 Aug 2022
The Feed Them Social WordPress plugin before 3.0.1 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting CVE record
CVE-2022-2437, 18 Jul 2022
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. CVE record
CVE-2015-9350, 27 Aug 2019
The feed-them-social plugin before 1.7.0 for WordPress has reflected XSS in the Facebook Feeds load more button. CVE record
CVE-2015-9351, 27 Aug 2019
The feed-them-social plugin before 1.7.0 for WordPress has possible shortcode execution in the Facebook Feeds load more button. CVE record

What to do if you run Feed Them Social

If you run Feed Them Social, open WordPress and check the installed version in Plugins. Compare it with the affected versions in the vulnerability record. If a fixed version is available, take a current backup and update to that version or the latest supported release.

If no fixed version exists, consider disabling and removing the plugin or replacing it with a maintained alternative. After dealing with the affected software, check administrator users, unexpected file changes, redirects, unfamiliar pages and security logs for signs that the site may already have been altered.

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