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GHSA-PH82-G2MR-P678

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-10-29 12:00 – Updated: 2022-11-03 19:00

Details

The Web Stories plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery in versions up to, and including 1.24.0 due to insufficient validation of URLs supplied via the 'url' parameter found via the /v1/hotlink/proxy REST API Endpoint. This made it possible for authenticated users 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 ?

8.1 (High)


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

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CVE-2022-3708 (GCVE-0-2022-3708)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-10-28 18:58 – Updated: 2025-05-05 12:57

Summary

The Web Stories plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery in versions up to, and including 1.24.0 due to insufficient validation of URLs supplied via the 'url' parameter found via the /v1/hotlink/proxy REST API Endpoint. This makes it possible for authenticated users 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 ?

9.6 (Critical)


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

CWE

CWE-918 Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

Assigner

Wordfence

References

URL

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	https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabil…
	https://wordpress.org/plugins/web-stories
	https://github.com/GoogleForCreators/web-stories-…
	https://github.com/GoogleForCreators/web-stories-…
	https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisorie…

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	google	Web Stories	Affected: * , ≤ 1.24.0 (semver)

Credits

Aymen Borgi

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-PH82-G2MR-P678

CVE-2022-3708 (GCVE-0-2022-3708)

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