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CVE-2026-0688

medium

The Webmention plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 5.6.2 via the 'Tools::read' function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to make web requests to arbitrary locations originating from the web application and can be used to query and modify information from internal services.

6.4
cvss medium
common vulnerability scoring system v3.1. measures intrinsic severity on a 0-10 scale.
epss 0.0003
exploitation prediction scoring system. probability this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild in the next 30 days.
kev no
cisa known exploited vulnerabilities catalog. confirmed active exploitation.
CVSS 3.1 Common Vulnerability Scoring System v3.1
6.4 / 10
MEDIUM
exploitability
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Vector (AV:N): exploitable remotely over the network — most dangerous. no physical or adjacent access needed.
Attack Complexity
Low
Attack Complexity (AC:L): no special conditions needed. attack can be reliably reproduced.
Privileges Required
Low
Privileges Required (PR:L): requires basic user-level access.
User Interaction
None
User Interaction (UI:N): no victim action needed. fully exploitable without user interaction.
impact
Scope
Changed
Scope (S:C): exploitation impacts resources beyond the vulnerable component.
Confidentiality
Low
Confidentiality (C:L): limited data exposure. some restricted information can be read.
Integrity
Low
Integrity (I:L): limited data modification. some data can be altered.
Availability
None
Availability (A:N): no availability impact.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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rdintel assessment
26 threat composite score from 15+ signals including exploitation status, epss probability, detection coverage, and community attention. 0-100 scale.

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