Instant Images <= 5.1.0.1 - Authenticated (Author+) Server-Side Request Forgery via instant_images_download

Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)
CVE CVE-2023-27451
CVSS Medium (5.4)
Publicly Published March 2, 2023
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Universe
Description

The Instant Images plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 5.1.0.1via the instant_images_download function. This can allow authenticated attackers, with author-level permissions 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 instant-images (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 5.1.0.1
Patched Version
  • 5.1.0.2
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