CVE-2022-3590

moderate-risk
Published 2022-12-14

WordPress is affected by an unauthenticated blind SSRF in the pingback feature. Because of a TOCTOU race condition between the validation checks and the HTTP request, attackers can reach internal hosts that are explicitly forbidden.

Do I need to act?

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91.1% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 9% of all CVEs
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 5.9/10 Medium
NETWORK / HIGH complexity

Affected Products (2)

Affected Vendors

Wordpress

References (4)

Exploit https://blog.sonarsource.com/wordpress-core-unauthenticated-blind-ssrf/
Third Party Advisory https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c8814e6e-78b3-4f63-a1d3-6906a84c1f11
Exploit https://blog.sonarsource.com/wordpress-core-unauthenticated-blind-ssrf/
Third Party Advisory https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c8814e6e-78b3-4f63-a1d3-6906a84c1f11
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moderate-risk
Severity 18/34 · Moderate
Exploitability 20/34 · Moderate
Exposure 7/34 · Low