CVE-2022-3708 (GCVE-0-2022-3708)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2022-10-28 18:58
Modified
2026-04-08 17:01
Severity ?
9.6 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-918 - Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)
Summary
The Web Stories plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery in versions up to, and including 1.24.0 due to insufficient validation of URLs supplied via the 'url' parameter found via the /v1/hotlink/proxy REST API Endpoint. This makes it possible for authenticated users to make web requests to arbitrary locations originating from the web application and can be used to query and modify information from internal services.
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
google Web Stories Version: 0   ≤ 1.24.0
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