UpdraftCentral Dashboard 0.8.23 - Server-Side Request Forgery
Strategic Overview
- Status
- Patched in 0.8.24
- Affected Plugin
- UpdraftCentral Dashboard
- Affected Version
0.8.23- CVSS
- 8.3High
- Weakness type
- CWE-918 · Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)
- CVE
CVE pending
At a glance
This record tracks a high-severity Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in the UpdraftCentral Dashboard WordPress plugin, affecting versions 0.8.23. It carries a CVSS score of 8.3 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). Exploitation requires no authentication. The issue is fixed in version 0.8.24; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed December 2022.
Vulnerability Overview
The UpdraftCentral Dashboard plugin 0.8.23 for WordPress is vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery via the font parameter in the load_font action. It allows an unauthenticated attacker to make a request to any internal and external server.
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 privileges on the target site, and no interaction from a victim user.
CWE-918: Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)
Reaching this weakness in UpdraftCentral Dashboard 0.8.23 takes a caller who can reach the endpoint. 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 UpdraftCentral Dashboard the fix is 0.8.24: builds 0.8.23 are affected, anything from 0.8.24 onward is not.
Remediation
Update to version 0.8.24, or a newer patched version
How does WordSec protect against this?
The attempt arrives as an ordinary request to UpdraftCentral Dashboard: WordSec's web application firewall inspects request payloads before WordPress loads them. None of that substitutes for the fix: UpdraftCentral Dashboard 0.8.24 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.
- Firewall
- Alerts
External References
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