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CVE-2025-8594:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The Pz-LinkCard WordPress plugin (versions before 2.5.7) contains a Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability identified as CVE-2025-8594. The vulnerability was discovered on September 23, 2025, and stems from the plugin's failure to validate a parameter before making requests, allowing users with Contributor-level privileges or higher to perform SSRF attacks (WPScan, NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 3.8 (Low) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N. The issue is classified as a Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability and falls under the OWASP Top 10 category A1: Injection and CWE-918 (WPScan, Rapid7).
Impact
The vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with Contributor-level access or higher to make web requests to arbitrary locations originating from the web application. This capability can be exploited to query and modify information from internal services (Rapid7).
Mitigation and workarounds
Users should upgrade to Pz-LinkCard version 2.5.7 or later, which contains the fix for this vulnerability (WPScan).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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