CVE-2025-7843
📋 TL;DR
This SSRF vulnerability in the Auto Save Remote Images (Drafts) WordPress plugin allows authenticated attackers with Contributor-level access or higher to make arbitrary web requests from the vulnerable server. This can be used to query or modify internal services that should not be externally accessible. All WordPress sites using this plugin up to version 1.0.9 are affected.
💻 Affected Systems
- Auto Save Remote Images (Drafts) 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 sensitive internal services, exfiltrate data from internal APIs, or perform actions on internal systems as if they were the vulnerable server.
Likely Case
Attackers with Contributor access could probe internal networks, access metadata services, or interact with internal APIs to gather information about the infrastructure.
If Mitigated
With proper network segmentation and internal service authentication, impact would be limited to information disclosure from services the web server can reach.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploitation requires authenticated access with at least Contributor privileges. The vulnerability is in the fetch_images() function which accepts user-controlled URLs.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: Version 1.1.0 or later
Vendor Advisory: https://wordpress.org/plugins/auto-save-remote-images-drafts/
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Log into WordPress admin panel. 2. Navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins. 3. Find 'Auto Save Remote Images (Drafts)' and check for updates. 4. Update to version 1.1.0 or later. 5. If no update is available, deactivate and delete the plugin.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Disable Plugin
allDeactivate the vulnerable plugin to prevent exploitation
wp plugin deactivate auto-save-remote-images-drafts
Restrict User Roles
allRemove Contributor role access or restrict plugin functionality to trusted users only
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Deactivate the Auto Save Remote Images (Drafts) plugin immediately
- Implement network segmentation to restrict web server access to internal services
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check WordPress admin panel > Plugins > Installed Plugins for 'Auto Save Remote Images (Drafts)' version 1.0.9 or earlierCheck Version:
wp plugin get auto-save-remote-images-drafts --field=versionVerify Fix Applied:
Verify plugin version is 1.1.0 or later in WordPress admin panel📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual outbound HTTP requests from web server to internal IP addresses
- Multiple failed requests to internal services from web server process
Network Indicators:
- HTTP requests from web server to internal services on non-standard ports
- Web server making requests to localhost or internal network ranges
SIEM Query:
source="web_server_logs" AND (dest_ip IN (10.0.0.0/8, 172.16.0.0/12, 192.168.0.0/16, 127.0.0.0/8) OR uri CONTAINS "fetch_images")