CVE-2026-0688

Published: Apr 2, 2026Modified: Apr 27, 2026Deferred

6.4

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Exploitability: 3.1 / Impact: 2.7

Source: security@wordfence.com

Description

The Webmention plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 5.6.2 via the 'Tools::read' 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.

Related CWEs

CWE-918

Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

The web server receives a URL or similar request from an upstream component and retrieves the contents of this URL, but it does not sufficiently ensure that the request is being sent to the expected destination.

References (4)

https://github.com/pfefferle/wordpress-webmention/blob/057223cee18a9e93b017d0f21db6ea77a7686489/includes/class-tools.php#L81

Source: security@wordfence.com

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/webmention/tags/5.6.2/includes/class-tools.php#L81

Source: security@wordfence.com

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3494831/webmention

Source: security@wordfence.com

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/02c9beba-dfa5-4a30-8355-62ff9a2630f7?source=cve

Source: security@wordfence.com

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