Web Stories <= 1.24.0 - Server Side Request Forgery

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Summary

CVECVE-2022-3708
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerWordfence
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-10-28 19:15:10 UTC
Updated2026-04-08 18:17:30 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 8.1 HIGH from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-918 | CWE-918 CWE-918 Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary8.1HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
3.1[email protected]Secondary9.6CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
3.1CNADECLARED9.6CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Google Web Stories All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Google Web Stories affected 1.24.0 semver Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Web Stories – WordPress plugin | WordPress.org af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 wordpress.org Product, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
Improve URL checks in hotlinking controller · GoogleForCreators/web-stories-wp@3ad2099 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
Comparing v1.24.0...v1.25.0 · GoogleForCreators/web-stories-wp · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Patch, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
Vulnerability Advisories Continued - Wordfence af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.wordfence.com Third Party Advisory
Web Stories <= 1.24.0 - Server Side Request Forgery af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.wordfence.com Third Party Advisory
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

CNA: Aymen Borgi (en)

Additional Advisory Data

SourceTimeEvent
CNA2022-10-26T00:00:00.000ZDisclosed

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