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Fencer Vulns
medium 6.5

CVE-2022-1398 json

External Media without Import <= 1.1.2 - Subscriber+ Blind SSRF

published 2022-05-16 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-24714

cvss
6.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.0%
EPSS 3.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 87%
public exploits
0
none known, plus a Nuclei check

Summary

The External Media without Import WordPress plugin through 1.1.2 does not have any authorisation and does to ensure that medias added via URLs are external medias, which could allow any authenticated users, such as subscriber to perform blind SSRF attacks

Exploit prediction

2.98% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • Nuclei template External Media without Import <=1.1.2 - Authenticated Blind Server-Side Request Forgery nuclei detection template
  • wpscan.com https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/5440d177-e995-403e-b2c9-42ceda14579e referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 4.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

  • Unknown External Media without Import

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-918 Server-Side Request Forgery
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References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.