#VU70526 Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) in WordPress - CVE-2022-3590
Published: December 28, 2022 / Updated: June 14, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU70526
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: 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
Vulnerable software:
WordPress
WordPress
Software vendor:
WordPress.ORG
WordPress.ORG
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.
Remediation
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.