WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities
Webmention < 5.7.0 - Unauthenticated Blind Server-Side Request Forgery
Description
The Webmention plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 5.6.2 in the 'MF2::parse_authorpage' function via the 'Receiver::post' function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to make web requests to arbitrary locations originating from the web application and can be used to query and modify information from internal services.
Affects Plugins
References
Classification
Type
SSRF
OWASP top 10
CWE
CVSS
Miscellaneous
Original Researcher
Duong Quang Hao
Verified
No
WPVDB ID
Timeline
Publicly Published
2026-04-01 (about 3 months ago)
Added
2026-04-01 (about 3 months ago)
Last Updated
2026-04-02 (about 3 months ago)