WordPress security changelog
MEDIUM CVE-2022-1398 Modified

External Media without Import: Server-side request forgery

External Media without Import is affected by server-side request forgery. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. The vulnerable server can be induced to make attacker-selected network requests.

CVE / CNA score 6.5 CVSS · contact@wpscan.com
NVD score 6.5 CVSS 3.1 · nvd@nist.gov
Component
External Media without Import
Plugin slug
external-media-without-import
Affected
See vendor advisory
Safe version
See mitigation notes
Published
May 16, 2022
Weakness
CWE-918 — Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

This CVE was published May 16, 2022 and is one of 2 known issues for this plugin.

Update, patch or deactivate.

Update External Media without Import to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.

No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.

Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.

Technical description

The External Media without Import WordPress plugin through 1.1.2 does not have any authorisation and does to ensure that medias added via URLs are external medias, which could allow any authenticated users, such as subscriber to perform blind SSRF attacks

NVD vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Primary and upstream sources