WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

EmbedPress < 4.6.1 - Unauthenticated Blind SSRF

Description

The plugin does not validate user-supplied URLs before making server-side requests through unauthenticated endpoints, allowing unauthenticated attackers to induce the site to send HTTP requests to internal hosts and services that WordPress core URL validation does not cover (a blind Server-Side Request Forgery).

Proof of Concept

Affects Plugins

Fixed in 4.6.1

References

Classification

Type
SSRF
OWASP top 10
CWE

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Ayush Srivastava
Submitter
Ayush Srivastava
Verified
Yes

Timeline

Publicly Published
2026-07-27 (about 8 days ago)
Added
2026-07-27 (about 7 days ago)
Last Updated
2026-07-27 (about 7 days ago)

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