CVE-2025-49335
📋 TL;DR
This SSRF vulnerability in the WordPress External Media plugin allows attackers to make unauthorized requests from the server to internal or external systems. It affects all WordPress sites using External Media plugin versions up to 1.0.36. Attackers can potentially access internal services or perform port scanning through the vulnerable server.
💻 Affected Systems
- WordPress External Media 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, exfiltrate sensitive data from internal networks, perform port scanning, or chain with other vulnerabilities to achieve remote code execution.
Likely Case
Information disclosure from internal services, port scanning of internal networks, or accessing metadata services in cloud environments.
If Mitigated
Limited to accessing only allowed external resources if proper network segmentation and egress filtering are in place.
🎯 Exploit Status
SSRF typically requires some level of access to trigger the vulnerable functionality.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: 1.0.37 or later
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Log into WordPress admin panel. 2. Navigate to Plugins → Installed Plugins. 3. Find External Media plugin. 4. Click 'Update Now' if available. 5. Alternatively, download version 1.0.37+ from WordPress repository and manually update.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Disable External Media plugin
allTemporarily disable the vulnerable plugin until patched
wp plugin deactivate external-media
Network egress filtering
allRestrict outbound connections from web server to only necessary external services
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Implement web application firewall rules to block SSRF patterns
- Restrict network access from web server to internal services
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check WordPress admin panel → Plugins → External Media → Version numberCheck Version:
wp plugin get external-media --field=versionVerify Fix Applied:
Verify plugin version is 1.0.37 or higher in WordPress admin📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual outbound HTTP requests from web server to internal IPs
- Requests to metadata services (169.254.169.254)
- Multiple failed connection attempts to various ports
Network Indicators:
- Web server making unexpected outbound connections
- Traffic to internal network segments from web server
SIEM Query:
source="web_server_logs" AND (dest_ip=~"10.*|172.16.*|192.168.*|169.254.169.254" OR uri_contains="url=http")