CVE-2025-1912 – This Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnera... (How to Fix)

Q: What is the severity of CVE-2025-1912?

CVE-2025-1912 has a CVSS score of 7.6 (HIGH). This Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in the Product Import Export for WooCommerce plugin allows authenticated WordPress administrators to make arbitrary web requests from the vulnerable server. Attackers can query and potentially modify internal services that shouldn't be accessible from the web application. Only WordPress sites using vulnerable versions of this specific plugin are affected.

📋 TL;DR

This Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in the Product Import Export for WooCommerce plugin allows authenticated WordPress administrators to make arbitrary web requests from the vulnerable server. Attackers can query and potentially modify internal services that shouldn't be accessible from the web application. Only WordPress sites using vulnerable versions of this specific plugin are affected.

💻 Affected Systems

Products:

Product Import Export for WooCommerce – Import Export Product CSV Suite

Versions: All versions up to and including 2.5.0

Operating Systems: Any OS running WordPress

Default Config Vulnerable: ⚠️ Yes

Notes: Requires WordPress administrator or higher privileges. The plugin must be installed and activated.

📦 What is this software?

Product Import Export For Woocommerce by Webtoffee

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⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact

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Worst Case

Administrator-level attackers could access internal services, exfiltrate sensitive data from internal networks, or perform attacks against internal systems that trust the vulnerable WordPress server.

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Likely Case

Attackers with administrator access could scan internal networks, access metadata services, or interact with internal APIs that should be protected from external access.

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If Mitigated

With proper access controls and network segmentation, impact is limited to services that the WordPress server can already reach, though SSRF could still bypass some application-level restrictions.

🌐 Internet-Facing: HIGH

🏢 Internal Only: MEDIUM

🎯 Exploit Status

Public PoC: ✅ No

Weaponized: UNKNOWN

Unauthenticated Exploit: ✅ No

Complexity: MEDIUM

Exploitation requires administrator-level WordPress credentials. The vulnerability is in the validate_file() function which doesn't properly restrict URL schemes or destinations.

🛠️ Fix & Mitigation

✅ Official Fix

Patch Version: Version 2.5.1 or later

Vendor Advisory: https://wordpress.org/plugins/product-import-export-for-woo/#developers

Restart Required: No

Instructions:

1. Log into WordPress admin panel. 2. Navigate to Plugins → Installed Plugins. 3. Find 'Product Import Export for WooCommerce'. 4. Click 'Update Now' if available, or download latest version from WordPress repository. 5. Activate updated plugin.

🔧 Temporary Workarounds

Disable vulnerable plugin

all

Temporarily deactivate the plugin until patched

wp plugin deactivate product-import-export-for-woo

Restrict administrator accounts

all

Limit administrator accounts to trusted users only and monitor for suspicious activity

🧯 If You Can't Patch

Remove administrator access from untrusted users
Implement network segmentation to restrict WordPress server's access to internal services

🔍 How to Verify

Check if Vulnerable:

Check WordPress admin → Plugins → Product Import Export for WooCommerce. If version is 2.5.0 or lower, you are vulnerable.

Check Version:

wp plugin get product-import-export-for-woo --field=version

Verify Fix Applied:

After updating, verify plugin version is 2.5.1 or higher in WordPress admin panel.

📡 Detection & Monitoring

Log Indicators:

Unusual HTTP requests from WordPress server to internal IPs
Multiple failed import/export attempts with unusual URLs

Network Indicators:

WordPress server making requests to internal services (169.254.169.254, 10.x, 172.16.x, 192.168.x)
Unexpected outbound connections from web server

SIEM Query:

source="wordpress.log" AND ("validate_file" OR "import-ajax" OR "product-import-export") AND (url CONTAINS "http://" OR url CONTAINS "https://")

📊 Metadata

CVE ID: CVE-2025-1912

CVSS v3 Score: 7.6 (HIGH)

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N

CWE: CWE-918

EPSS Score: 0.13% exploit probability (33th percentile)

Published: March 26, 2025

Last Updated: July 9, 2025

🔗 References

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