External Media without Import <= 1.1.2 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Blind Server-Side Request Forgery

2022-04-19 00:00

Luan Pedersini

Strategic Overview

Status

Unpatched

Affected PluginExternal Media without Import

Affected Version<= 1.1.2

CVSS6.4Medium

CVECVE-2022-1398

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Vulnerability Overview

The External Media without Import WordPress plugin through 1.1.2 does not have any authorisation and does to ensure that medias added via URLs are external medias, which could allow any authenticated users, such as subscriber to perform blind SSRF attacks

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability's details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization's risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement. --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-918 (Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)) The web server receives a URL or similar request from an upstream component and retrieves the contents of this URL, but it does not sufficiently ensure that the request is being sent to the expected destination.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-1398 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6e330894-9a15-4ce3-b388-90fda3d98f8b

CVSS Vector

6.4

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
ScopeChanged
ConfidentialityLow
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityNone

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