The Webmention plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 5.6.2 via the 'Tools::read' function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to make web requests to arbitrary locations originating from the web application and can be used to query and modify information from internal services.
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Description The Webmention plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 5.6.2 via the 'Tools::read' function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to make web requests to arbitrary locations originating from the web application and can be used to query and modify information from internal services.
Title Webmention <= 5.6.2 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Server-Side Request Forgery
Weaknesses CWE-918
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-02T13:32:05.134Z

Reserved: 2026-01-07T19:31:01.518Z

Link: CVE-2026-0688

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-04-02T08:16:28.057

Modified: 2026-04-02T08:16:28.057

Link: CVE-2026-0688

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