WordPress security changelog
MEDIUM CVE-2025-9975 Deferred

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.

CVE / CNA score 6.8 CVSS 3.1 · security@wordfence.com
NVD score Pending NVD has not published its own CVSS assessment.
Component
WP Scraper
Plugin slug
wp-scraper
Affected
See vendor advisory
Safe version
See mitigation notes
Published
Oct 11, 2025
Weakness
CWE-918 — Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

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

Primary and upstream sources