CVE-2026-12517 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The Fediverse Embeds WordPress plugin before 1.5.8 does not validate the destination of the server-side request performed by an unauthenticated site-info endpoint before fetching it, allowing anonymous users (the gating nonce is exposed on public pages carrying an embed) to make the site request internal and private-network URLs and read back the parsed page metadata. This is a Server-Side Request Forgery.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00132.

Exploitation poc

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

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References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/460a996f-e27d-47e8-9d68-9e6be93100c0/

History

Thu, 09 Jul 2026 13:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Thu, 09 Jul 2026 07:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		The Fediverse Embeds WordPress plugin before 1.5.8 does not validate the destination of the server-side request performed by an unauthenticated site-info endpoint before fetching it, allowing anonymous users (the gating nonce is exposed on public pages carrying an embed) to make the site request internal and private-network URLs and read back the parsed page metadata. This is a Server-Side Request Forgery.
Title		Fediverse Embeds < 1.5.8 - Unauthenticated SSRF via Site Info Endpoint
References		https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/460a996f-e27d-47e8-9d68-9e6be93100c0/

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2026-07-09T06:00:03.058Z

Updated: 2026-07-09T12:51:27.261Z

Reserved: 2026-06-17T12:47:07.188Z

Link: CVE-2026-12517

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-07-09T12:51:23.810Z

NVD

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Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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