CVE-2025-14438 (GCVE-0-2025-14438)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-06 04:31 – Updated: 2026-04-08 17:00
VLAI
Title
Xagio SEO <= 7.1.0.30 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Server-Side Request Forgery
Summary
The Xagio SEO – AI Powered SEO plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 7.1.0.30 via the 'pixabayDownloadImage' function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access 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.
Severity
6.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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
xagio Xagio SEO – AI Powered SEO Affected: 0 , ≤ 7.1.0.30 (semver)
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Credits
Jack Taylor
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