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CVE-2025-12962

Local Syndication <= 1.5a - Authenticated (Contributor+) Server-Side Request Forgery via Shortcode

6.4 Medium

The Local Syndication plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.5a via the url parameter in the [syndicate_local] shortcode. This is due to the use of wp_remote_get() instead of wp_safe_remote_get() which lacks protections against requests to internal/private IP addresses and localhost. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to make web requests to arbitrary locations originating from the web application, which can be used to query and modify information from internal services, scan internal networks, and access resources that should not be accessible from external networks.

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
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

Exploit likelihood

0.25%Up 0.2 points since Nov 18, 2025
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 6.4

Local Syndication <= 1.5a - Authenticated (Contributor+) Server-Side Request Forgery via Shortcode

The Local Syndication plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.5a via the url parameter in the [syndicate_local] shortcode. This is due to the use of wp_remote_get() instead of wp_safe_remote_get() which lacks protections against requests to internal/private IP addresses and localhost. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to make web requests to arbitrary locations originating from the web application, which can be used to query and modify information from internal services, scan internal networks, and access resources that should not be accessible from external networks.

Record
CVE-2025-12962
CVSS 3.1
6.4 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness
CWE-918
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-197944 6.4

The Local Syndication plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.5a via the url parameter in the [syndicate_local] shortcode. This is due to the use of wp_remote_get() instead of wp_safe_remote_get() which lacks protections against requests to internal/private IP addresses and localhost. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to make web requests to arbitrary locations originating from the web application, which can be used to query and modify information from internal services, scan internal networks, and access resources that should not be accessible from external networks.

Record
EUVD-2025-197944
CVSS 3.1
6.4 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Updated
2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-qmw5-54cp-96w5 6.4

The Local Syndication plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery in all...

The Local Syndication plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.5a via the url parameter in the [syndicate_local] shortcode. This is due to the use of wp_remote_get() instead of wp_safe_remote_get() which lacks protections against requests to internal/private IP addresses and localhost. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to make web requests to arbitrary locations originating from the web application, which can be used to query and modify information from internal services, scan internal networks, and access resources that should not be accessible from external networks.

Record
GHSA-qmw5-54cp-96w5
CVSS 3.1
6.4 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness
CWE-918
Updated
2026-11-02
NVD 6.4

The Local Syndication plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.5a via the url parameter in the [syndicate_local] shortcode. This is due to the use of wp_remote_get() instead of wp_safe_remote_get() which lacks protections against requests to internal/private IP addresses and localhost. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to make web requests to arbitrary locations originating from the web application, which can be used to query and modify information from internal services, scan internal networks, and access resources that should not be accessible from external networks.

Record
CVE-2025-12962
CVSS 3.1
6.4 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness
CWE-918
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
first indexedCVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD

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In short

CVE-2025-12962 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.4) in Willbontrager Local Syndication, published November 18, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.25%, the 16th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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