Canto <= 1.9.0 - Blind Server-Side Request Forgery via tree.php

Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

CVE	CVE-2020-28978
CVSS	High (8.3)
Publicly Published	March 12, 2020
Last Updated	January 21, 2026
Researcher	Pankaj Verma

Description

The Canto plugin 1.9.0 for WordPress contains blind SSRF vulnerability. It allows an unauthenticated attacker to make a request to any internal and external server via /includes/lib/tree.php?subdomain=SSRF.

References

www.wordfence.com

1 affected software package

Software Type	Plugin
Software Slug	canto (view on wordpress.org)
Patched?	Yes
Affected Version	<= 2.0.1
Patched Version	2.0.1

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