Vulnerability · Published Apr 2, 2026 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2026-0688Webmention <= 5.6.2 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Server-Side Request Forgery
Medium 6.4
In plain English
A medium-severity server-side request forgery in Webmention from pfefferle. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 11% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
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.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| pfefferle | Webmention | 0 – through 5.6.2 |
Weakness: CWE-918 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/02c9beba-dfa5-4a30-8355-62ff9a2630f7?source=cve
- https://github.com/pfefferle/wordpress-webmention/blob/057223cee18a9e93b017d0f21db6ea77a7686489/includes/class-tools.php#L81
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/webmention/tags/5.6.2/includes/class-tools.php#L81
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3494831/webmention