URL Media Uploader <= 1.0.0 - Authenticated (Author+) Server-Side Request Forgery via DNS Rebinding
Priority LOW 28CWE-918Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
The URL Media Uploader plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.0 via the 'url_media_uploader_url_upload' action. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with author-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.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00286 21st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-1662
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-qwj2-2fwc-g58h
References
Sources
- CVE-2025-1662 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-1662 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-qwj2-2fwc-g58h · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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