CVE-2024-39637
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A Server Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability was discovered in the Pixelcurve Edubin WordPress theme, affecting versions up to 9.2.0. The vulnerability was reported on May 29, 2024, and publicly disclosed on July 29, 2024, by security researcher Ananda Dhakal (Patchstack).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as CWE-918 (Server-Side Request Forgery) and has received varying CVSS scores. Patchstack assigned it a CVSS v3.1 score of 5.4 (Medium) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N, while Wordfence rated it at 7.2 (High). The vulnerability can be exploited without authentication, making it particularly concerning (Patchstack).

Impact

The SSRF vulnerability could allow malicious actors to execute website requests to arbitrary domains of their choosing. This could potentially lead to the discovery of sensitive information about other services running on the system (Patchstack).

Exploitability

The vulnerability can be exploited by unauthenticated users, though it has been classified as having a low priority for patching due to its relatively low likelihood of exploitation (Patchstack).

Mitigation and workarounds

As of the latest reports, no official fix is available for this vulnerability. However, Patchstack has issued a virtual patch to mitigate the issue by blocking potential attacks until an official fix becomes available (Patchstack).

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