mowster

{
    "slug": "mowster-tags",
    "pattern": "unserialize_after_remote_call",
    "kind": "builtin",
    "version": "1.71",
    "hit_count": 1,
    "first_hit": {
        "file": "functions.php",
        "line": 58,
        "snippet": "L54: $request = wp_remote_post('http://wordpress.mowster.net/'.$action, $args);  \u2192  L58: $response = @unserialize(wp_remote_retrieve_body($request));"
    },
    "explanation": "a remote HTTP fetch (`wp_remote_*` / `curl_exec`) is followed by `@unserialize` within the same file \u2014 classic PHP Object Injection C2 gadget. The error-suppressed form is the tell: legit code wants to know when deserialize fails; attackers suppress so malformed gadgets do not leak. A real finding regardless of author intent: any plugin that deserializes remote responses without validation is a latent RCE chain if the remote endpoint is ever compromised."
}