Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) in WordPress - CVE-2022-3590
Published: December 28, 2022 / Updated: June 14, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU70526
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-3590
CWE-ID: CWE-918
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vendor: WordPress.ORG
Affected software:
WordPress
WordPress
Detailed vulnerability description
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform SSRF attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input within the pingback functionality. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request and trick the application to initiate requests to arbitrary systems.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker gain access to sensitive data, located in the local network or send malicious requests to other servers from the vulnerable system.
How to mitigate CVE-2022-3590
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.