Vulnerability in WordPress
CVE-2022-3590
WordPress is affected by an unauthenticated blind SSRF in the pingback feature. Because of a TOCTOU race condition between the validation checks and the HTTP request, attackers can reach internal hosts that are explicitly forbidden.
Vulnerability class: TOCTOU (Time-of-Check to Time-of-Use)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.032 (87.8th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 88th percentile — 87.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.032 · newest: 0.032 · change: +0.001
Affected products
- WordPress — versions 4.1.30, 4.1
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
- hxlxmj/CVE-2022-3590-WordPress-Vulnerability-Scanner
- 4chech/CVE-2022-3590
- TJouleL/WordPress-6.9.1-Blind-SSRF
- huynhvanphuc/CVE-2022-3590-WordPress-Vulnerability-Scanner
- NeoOniX/5ATTACK
- hxlxmjxbbxs/CVE-2022-3590-WordPress-Vulnerability-Scanner
- AlienTec1908/Anaximandre_
- ARPSyndicate/cve-scores
- 20142995/nuclei-templates
- nomi-sec/PoC-in-GitHub
References
- wpscan.com/vulnerability/c8814e6e-78b3-4f63-a1d3-6906a84c1f11 (technical-description, Third Party Advisory, exploit, vdb-entry)
- blog.sonarsource.com/wordpress-core-unauthenticated-blind-ssrf/ (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2022-3590?
- CVE-2022-3590 is a medium-severity vulnerability in WordPress, classified under Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2022-12-14.
- How severe is CVE-2022-3590?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2022-3590 known to be exploited?
- 10 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.