CVE-2025-58829
📋 TL;DR
This SSRF vulnerability in the Ai Auto Tool Content Writing Assistant WordPress plugin allows attackers to make the server send unauthorized requests to internal systems. It affects all versions up to 2.2.6 of this plugin, potentially exposing internal network resources to attackers.
💻 Affected Systems
- Ai Auto Tool Content Writing Assistant (Gemini Writer, ChatGPT) All in One 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, exfiltrate sensitive data from internal systems, or perform port scanning of internal infrastructure.
Likely Case
Information disclosure from internal services, potential access to metadata services in cloud environments, or limited internal network reconnaissance.
If Mitigated
Limited impact with proper network segmentation and egress filtering in place.
🎯 Exploit Status
SSRF typically requires some level of access or user interaction to trigger.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: Versions after 2.2.6
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Log into WordPress admin panel. 2. Navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins. 3. Find 'Ai Auto Tool Content Writing Assistant'. 4. Click 'Update Now' if available, or download latest version from WordPress repository. 5. Activate updated plugin.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Disable Plugin
WordPressTemporarily disable the vulnerable plugin until patched.
wp plugin deactivate ai-auto-tool
Network Egress Filtering
allImplement firewall rules to restrict outbound connections from web servers to internal networks.
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Implement strict network segmentation to isolate web servers from internal systems
- Deploy web application firewall with SSRF protection rules
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check WordPress admin panel > Plugins > Installed Plugins for 'Ai Auto Tool Content Writing Assistant' version 2.2.6 or earlier.Check Version:
wp plugin get ai-auto-tool --field=versionVerify Fix Applied:
Verify plugin version is greater than 2.2.6 in WordPress admin panel.📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual outbound HTTP requests from web server to internal IP addresses
- Requests to metadata services (169.254.169.254, etc.)
Network Indicators:
- Web server making unexpected connections to internal services
- HTTP requests to localhost or internal IP ranges from web application
SIEM Query:
source="web_server_logs" AND (dest_ip=169.254.169.254 OR dest_ip IN 10.0.0.0/8 OR dest_ip IN 172.16.0.0/12 OR dest_ip IN 192.168.0.0/16)