Task Scheduler <= 1.6.3 - Authenticated (Admin+) Blind Server-Side Request Forgery
Strategic Overview
- Status
- Unpatched
- Affected Plugin
- Task Scheduler
- Affected Version
<= 1.6.3- CVSS
- 4.4Medium
- Weakness type
- CWE-918 · Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)
- CVE
CVE-2025-10056
At a glance
CVE-2025-10056 is a medium-severity Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in the Task Scheduler WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 1.6.3. It carries a CVSS score of 4.4 (reachable over the network). Exploitation requires an authenticated account at Admin level or above. No fixed release has been reported yet; treat installations running this software as exposed. Disclosed October 2025, reported by Jonas Benjamin Friedli.
Vulnerability Overview
The Task Scheduler plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.6.3 via the “Check Website” task. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-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.
Technical Analysis
The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, and no interaction from a victim user.
CWE-918: Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)
Reaching this weakness in Task Scheduler <= 1.6.3 takes an account at Admin 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. No fixed build of this plugin is recorded for Task Scheduler yet, so installs running <= 1.6.3 stay exposed until the vendor ships one.
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.
How does WordSec protect against this?
An attacker needs Admin 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. No patched version is recorded yet, which is the case where a filtering layer matters most, because there is nothing to update to.
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