Medium severity6.4NVD Advisory· Published Apr 2, 2026· Updated Apr 27, 2026
CVE-2026-0688
CVE-2026-0688
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.
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References
4- github.com/pfefferle/wordpress-webmention/blob/057223cee18a9e93b017d0f21db6ea77a7686489/includes/class-tools.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/webmention/tags/5.6.2/includes/class-tools.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3494831/webmentionnvd
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/02c9beba-dfa5-4a30-8355-62ff9a2630f7nvd
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