Smart Auto Upload Images – Import External Images <= 1.2.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Server-Side Request Forgery
Strategic Overview
- Status
- Patched in 1.2.3
- Affected Plugin
- Smart Auto Upload Images – Import External Images
- Affected Version
<= 1.2.2- CVSS
- 6.4Medium
- Weakness type
- CWE-918 · Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)
- CVE
CVE-2026-23803
At a glance
CVE-2026-23803 is a medium-severity Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in the Smart Auto Upload Images WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 1.2.2. It carries a CVSS score of 6.4 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). Exploitation requires an authenticated account at Contributor level or above. The issue is fixed in version 1.2.3; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed January 2026, reported by lilmingwa13.
Vulnerability Overview
The Smart Auto Upload Images – Import External Images plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.2. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to make web requests to arbitrary locations originating from the web application which can be used to query and modify information from internal services.
Technical Analysis
The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, with low attack complexity — no special timing or configuration is needed, and no interaction from a victim user.
CWE-918: Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)
Reaching this weakness in Smart Auto Upload Images <= 1.2.2 takes an account at Contributor level or above. Server-side request forgery means the application fetches a URL supplied by the caller, turning the server into a proxy for requests the attacker could not make directly.
The request originates from inside the hosting network, which is how these flaws reach cloud metadata endpoints, internal admin panels and services that trust local traffic. For Smart Auto Upload Images the fix is 1.2.3: builds <= 1.2.2 are affected, anything from 1.2.3 onward is not.
Remediation
Update to version 1.2.3, or a newer patched version
How does WordSec protect against this?
An attacker needs Contributor access first, so the firewall sees the attempt as traffic from a logged-in account: WordSec's web application firewall inspects request payloads before WordPress loads them. None of that substitutes for the fix: Smart Auto Upload Images 1.2.3 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.
- Firewall
- Alerts
External References
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