Strategic Overview
- Status
- Unpatched
- Affected Plugin
- ZD YouTube FLV Player
- Affected Version
<= 1.2.6- CVSS
- 8.3High
- Weakness type
- CWE-918 · Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)
- CVE
CVE-2024-2663
At a glance
CVE-2024-2663 is a high-severity Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in the ZD YouTube FLV Player WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 1.2.6. It carries a CVSS score of 8.3 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). Exploitation requires no authentication. No fixed release has been reported yet; treat installations running this software as exposed. Disclosed April 2024, reported by Mike.
Vulnerability Overview
The ZD YouTube FLV Player plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.6 via the $_GET['image'] parameter. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers 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, 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)
ZD YouTube FLV Player <= 1.2.6 carries this weakness at image, and reaching it 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. No fixed build of this plugin is recorded for ZD YouTube FLV Player yet, so installs running <= 1.2.6 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?
The attempt arrives as an ordinary request to ZD YouTube FLV Player: 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.
- Firewall
- Alerts
External References
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