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.
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Thu, 02 Apr 2026 08:00:00 +0000
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| 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. | |
| Title | Webmention <= 5.6.2 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Server-Side Request Forgery | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-918 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Wordfence
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Updated: 2026-04-02T07:39:34.999Z
Reserved: 2026-01-07T19:31:01.518Z
Link: CVE-2026-0688
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-04-02T08:16:28.057
Modified: 2026-04-02T08:16:28.057
Link: CVE-2026-0688
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