CVE-2025-14438 (GCVE-0-2025-14438)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-06 04:31 – Updated: 2026-01-06 14:35
VLAI?
Title
Xagio SEO <= 7.1.0.30 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Server-Side Request Forgery
Summary
The Xagio SEO – AI Powered SEO plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 7.1.0.30 via the 'pixabayDownloadImage' function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-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.
Severity ?
6.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-918 - Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
xagio Xagio SEO – AI Powered SEO Affected: * , ≤ 7.1.0.30 (semver)
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Credits
Jack Taylor
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