WP Scraper: Server-side request forgery
WP Scraper is affected by server-side request forgery. Exploitation requires at least administrator-level access. The vulnerable server can be induced to make attacker-selected network requests.
- Component
- WP Scraper
- Plugin slug
wp-scraper- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Oct 11, 2025
This CVE was published Oct 11, 2025 and is one of 6 known issues for this plugin.
Patch or disable the affected component.
Update WP Scraper to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.
Technical description
The WP Scraper plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 5.8.1 via the wp_scraper_extract_content function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, to make web requests to arbitrary locations originating from the web application and can be used to query and modify information from internal services. On Cloud instances, this issue allows for metadata retrieving.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N