CVE-2026-12516 - 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 media-proxying endpoint, allowing anonymous users to make the site fetch arbitrary URLs, including internal and private-network addresses, and read back the response body. This results in a full-read Server-Side Request Forgery and open proxy.

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/2ac80164-03b7-4966-b022-833b4194de80/

History

Thu, 09 Jul 2026 15:30:00 +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 media-proxying endpoint, allowing anonymous users to make the site fetch arbitrary URLs, including internal and private-network addresses, and read back the response body. This results in a full-read Server-Side Request Forgery and open proxy.
Title		Fediverse Embeds < 1.5.8 - Unauthenticated SSRF via Media Proxy
References		https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/2ac80164-03b7-4966-b022-833b4194de80/

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2026-07-09T06:00:02.880Z

Updated: 2026-07-09T14:46:12.813Z

Reserved: 2026-06-17T12:41:37.963Z

Link: CVE-2026-12516

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-07-09T14:46:08.822Z

NVD

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Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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