NextScripts Social Networks Auto Poster WordPress Plugin PHP Object Injection Vulnerability

A deserialization vulnerability allowing object injection has been identified in the NextScripts Social Networks Auto Poster WordPress plugin, affecting versions through 4.4.7. This vulnerability could lead to various injection attacks, including code injection, SQL injection, and path traversal, among others, if a suitable object injection chain is exploited.

Impact

Exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a malicious actor to inject objects, potentially leading to code execution, SQL injection, path traversal, or a denial-of-service condition, depending on the presence of a suitable object injection chain.

Remediation

Users are advised to update to the latest version of the NextScripts Social Networks Auto Poster WordPress plugin. Patchstack has also issued a mitigation rule to block attacks targeting this vulnerability until an official patch can be safely applied.