Code Embed <= 2.5 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Server-Side Request Forgery

6.4
Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)
CVE CVE-2024-10814
CVSS 6.4 (Medium)
Publicly Published November 8, 2024
Last Updated November 9, 2024
Researcher Max Boll (_b0lli) - Max Boll - IT Security

Description

The Code Embed plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 2.5 via the ce_get_file() function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-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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Vulnerability Details for Code Embed

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug simple-embed-code (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 2.5.1, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 2.5
Patched Version
  • 2.5.1

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