Assistant <= 1.4.3 - Authenticated (Editor+) Server Side Request Forgery

Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)
CVE CVE-2023-5798
CVSS Medium (5.5)
Publicly Published July 27, 2023
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Yuchen Ji
Description

The Assistant plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 1.4.3 via the /posts/(?P<id>\d+)/library/(?P<library_id>\d+) REST API endpoint. This can allow authenticated attackers, with editor-level capabilities 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.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug assistant (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 1.4.4
Patched Version
  • 1.4.4
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