CVE-2025-22672
📋 TL;DR
This Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in the SuitePlugins Video & Photo Gallery for Ultimate Member WordPress plugin allows attackers to make unauthorized requests from the server to internal or external systems. It affects all WordPress sites using this plugin version 1.1.2 or earlier. Attackers could potentially access internal services or perform port scanning through the vulnerable server.
💻 Affected Systems
- SuitePlugins Video & Photo Gallery for Ultimate Member WordPress plugin
⚠️ Manual Verification Required
This CVE does not have specific version information in our database, so automatic vulnerability detection cannot determine if your system is affected.
Why? The CVE database entry doesn't specify which versions are vulnerable (no version ranges provided by the vendor/NVD).
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- Review the CVE details at NVD
- Check vendor security advisories for your specific version
- Test if the vulnerability is exploitable in your environment
- Consider updating to the latest version as a precaution
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Attackers could access internal services, perform port scanning, interact with cloud metadata services, or use the server as a proxy for attacks against other systems.
Likely Case
Information disclosure from internal services, limited port scanning, or using the server to make requests to external systems that appear to come from the legitimate server.
If Mitigated
Limited impact if network segmentation prevents access to sensitive internal services and external requests are filtered.
🎯 Exploit Status
SSRF vulnerabilities typically have low exploitation complexity once the vulnerable endpoint is identified.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: 1.1.3 or later
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Log into WordPress admin panel. 2. Navigate to Plugins → Installed Plugins. 3. Find 'Video & Photo Gallery for Ultimate Member'. 4. Click 'Update Now' if update available. 5. If no update available, deactivate and delete plugin, then install fresh version 1.1.3+ from WordPress repository.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Disable vulnerable plugin
allTemporarily deactivate the plugin until patched version is available
wp plugin deactivate gallery-for-ultimate-member
Network filtering
allImplement egress filtering to restrict outbound requests from web server
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Deactivate and remove the vulnerable plugin entirely
- Implement web application firewall rules to block SSRF patterns
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check WordPress admin → Plugins → Installed Plugins for 'Video & Photo Gallery for Ultimate Member' version 1.1.2 or earlierCheck Version:
wp plugin get gallery-for-ultimate-member --field=versionVerify Fix Applied:
Verify plugin version is 1.1.3 or later in WordPress admin panel📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual outbound HTTP requests from web server process
- Requests to internal IP addresses or localhost from web application
- Multiple failed connection attempts to various ports
Network Indicators:
- Web server making unexpected outbound connections
- Requests to cloud metadata endpoints (169.254.169.254)
- Port scanning patterns originating from web server
SIEM Query:
source="web_server_logs" AND (url CONTAINS "internal" OR dest_ip IN (127.0.0.0/8, 10.0.0.0/8, 172.16.0.0/12, 192.168.0.0/16))