What is CVE-2026-10526?

CVE-2026-10526 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Embedpress, classified under Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF). CVSS score: 5.8/10. Published 2026-08-04.

How severe is CVE-2026-10526?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.8 out of 10.

SSRF in Embedpress

CVE-2026-10526

The EmbedPress WordPress plugin before 4.6.1 does not validate user-supplied URLs before making server-side requests through unauthenticated endpoints, allowing unauthenticated attackers to induce the site to send HTTP requests to internal hosts and services that WordPress core URL validation does not cover (a blind Server-Side Request Forgery).

Vulnerability class: SSRF (Server-Side Request Forgery)

EPSS: 0.002 (13.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Unknown Embedpress — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-918 — Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

References

contact@wpscan.com (technical-description, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-10526?: CVE-2026-10526 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Embedpress, classified under Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF). CVSS score: 5.8/10. Published 2026-08-04.
How severe is CVE-2026-10526?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.8 out of 10.