CVE-2022-3708

Web Stories <= 1.24.0 - Server Side Request Forgery

9.6 Critical

The Web Stories plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery in versions up to, and including 1.24.0 due to insufficient validation of URLs supplied via the 'url' parameter found via the /v1/hotlink/proxy REST API Endpoint. This makes it possible for authenticated users to make web requests to arbitrary locations originating from the web application and can be used to query and modify information from internal services.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: Low
User interaction: None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: High
Integrity: High
Availability: None

Exploit likelihood

1.08%Up 0.1 points since Oct 29, 2022

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 9.6

Web Stories <= 1.24.0 - Server Side Request Forgery

Record: CVE-2022-3708
CVSS 3.1: 9.6 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
Weakness: CWE-918, CWE-918
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2022-43065 9.6

Record: EUVD-2022-43065
CVSS 3.1: 9.6 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
Updated: 2026-11-02

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-ph82-g2mr-p678 8.1

The Web Stories plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery in versions up...

The Web Stories plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery in versions up to, and including 1.24.0 due to insufficient validation of URLs supplied via the 'url' parameter found via the /v1/hotlink/proxy REST API Endpoint. This made it possible for authenticated users to make web requests to arbitrary locations originating from the web application and can be used to query and modify information from internal services.

Record: GHSA-ph82-g2mr-p678
CVSS 3.1: 8.1 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Weakness: CWE-918
Updated: 2026-11-02

NVD 9.6

Record: CVE-2022-3708
CVSS 3.1: 9.6 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS 3.1: 8.1 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Weakness: CWE-918
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSV 9.6

Web Stories <= 1.24.0 - Server Side Request Forgery

Record: CVE-2022-3708
CVSS 3.1: 9.6 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
Weakness: CWE-918
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

google web stories

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2022-3708 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.6) in Google Web Stories, published October 28, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.08%, the 65th percentile. No source names a fixed version.