Medium severity · published Dec 14, 2022
CVE-2022-3590
WordPress is affected by an unauthenticated blind SSRF in the pingback feature
5.9
CVSS
3.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
WordPress is affected by an unauthenticated blind SSRF in the pingback feature. Because of a TOCTOU race condition between the validation checks and the HTTP request, attackers can reach internal hosts that are explicitly forbidden.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.4% · higher than 89% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
WO
WordPress · WordPress
4.2 through 6.1.1; 4.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-3590
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-3590
Exploit
https://blog.sonarsource.com/wordpress-core-unauthenticated-blind-ssrf/
Third Party Advisory
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c8814e6e-78b3-4f63-a1d3-6906a84c1f11
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