WP-FormAssembly <= 2.0.8 - Limited Server Side Request Forgery via 'formassembly' shortcode

Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)
CVE Not available
CVSS Medium (5)
Publicly Published May 2, 2023
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Description

The WP-FormAssembly plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 2.0.8 via the 'formassembly' shortcode. This can allow authenticated attackers with subscriber-level privileges or above to make web requests to arbitrary locations that include '/rest' in the path, 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 formassembly-web-forms (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 2.0.9
Patched Version
  • 2.0.9
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