CVE-2026-0686 (GCVE-0-2026-0686)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-02 07:39 – Updated: 2026-04-08 16:34
VLAI?
Title
Webmention <= 5.6.2 - Unauthenticated Blind Server-Side Request Forgery
Summary
The Webmention plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 5.6.2 in the 'MF2::parse_authorpage' function via the 'Receiver::post' function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to make web requests to arbitrary locations originating from the web application and can be used to query and modify information from internal services.
Severity ?
7.2 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-918 - Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
pfefferle Webmention Affected: 0 , ≤ 5.6.2 (semver)
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Credits
Duong Quang Hao
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