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WordPress - Feed Them Social exposed API Key

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Synopsis

Feed Them Social is a WordPress plugin that allow to easily create and display customizable social feeds from Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, or YouTube.

Since at least version 4.0.0 an exposed Twitter/X API key has existed allowing an attacker to obtain valid Bearer tokens, and access detailed metadata revealing 181 available endpoints, 43 of which allow data modification actions.

This also allows unauthorized consumption of API quotas, which can lead to potential service disruption.

Solution

The author revoked the credentials and the corresponding code was removed in version 4.3.9.

Disclosure Timeline

September 04, 2025 : Initial contact
September 04, 2025 : Vendor acknowledgement
September 04, 2025 : Fix released

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Risk Information

Tenable Advisory ID: TRA-2025-33
Credit:
Joshua Martinelle
Affected Products:
Feed Them Social < 4.3.9
Risk Factor:
Medium

Advisory Timeline

September 04, 2025 - Initial release