SSRF in Testimonials Widget

CVE-2026-96533

The Testimonials Widget WordPress plugin through 4.0.4 does not validate a user-supplied URL before fetching it server-side and storing the response as a public file, allowing unauthenticated users to make the server issue requests to internal services and read the responses.

Vulnerability class: SSRF (Server-Side Request Forgery)

Published · last modified .

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (9.0th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 9th percentile — 9.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2026-96533: held from 0.002 to 0.002.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000

Affected products

  • Testimonials Widget

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-96533?
CVE-2026-96533 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Testimonials Widget, classified under Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF). CVSS score: 5.8/10. Published 2026-09-26.
How severe is CVE-2026-96533?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.8 out of 10.