PowerPress <= 11.0.6 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Server-Side Request Forgery via wp_ajax_powerpress_media_info

Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)
CVE CVE-2023-41239
CVSS Medium (5.4)
Publicly Published August 29, 2023
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Kévin Mosbahi (Mika)
Description

The PowerPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 11.0.6 via the wp_ajax_powerpress_media_info AJAX action. This can allow authenticated attackers, with contributor-level permission and above, to make web requests to arbitrary locations originating from the web application which can be used to query and modify information from internal services.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug powerpress (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 11.0.6
Patched Version
  • 11.0.7
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