CVE-2025-8013
Quttera Web Malware Scanner <= 3.5.1.41 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Server-Side Request Forgery
CVE-2025-8013 is a low vulnerability (CVSS 3.8) in Quttera Threatsign – Web Malware Scanner For Wordpress, published August 15, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.30%, the 23rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.
- Severity
- 3.8 LowCVSS 3.1, CVE List
- Exploit chance
- 0.30%EPSS, 23rd percentile
- Exploitation
- None knownNot on CISA’s or ENISA’s lists
- Fixed in
- No fix listedNo source names one
Description
The Quttera Web Malware Scanner plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 3.5.1.41 via the 'RunExternalScan' function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
Affected products
What each source reports
CVE List Score used 3.8
Quttera Web Malware Scanner <= 3.5.1.41 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Server-Side Request Forgery
The Quttera Web Malware Scanner plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 3.5.1.41 via the 'RunExternalScan' function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-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.
- Record
CVE-2025-8013- CVSS 3.1
- 3.8 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-918
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-24993 3.8
The Quttera Web Malware Scanner plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 3.5.1.41 via the 'RunExternalScan' function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-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.
- Record
EUVD-2025-24993- CVSS 3.1
- 3.8 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-gm42-w748-rgww 3.8
The Quttera Web Malware Scanner plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery...
The Quttera Web Malware Scanner plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 3.5.1.41 via the 'RunExternalScan' function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-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.
- Record
GHSA-gm42-w748-rgww- CVSS 3.1
- 3.8 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-918
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD 3.8
The Quttera Web Malware Scanner plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 3.5.1.41 via the 'RunExternalScan' function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-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.
- Record
CVE-2025-8013- CVSS 3.1
- 3.8 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-918
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
References
wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/40957153-45f1-40c9-91ce-f3491ca7eee5?source=cve
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/quttera-web-malware-scanner/trunk/qtrAjaxHandler.php
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/quttera-web-malware-scanner/trunk/qtrExternalScanner.php
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3344330
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-8013
github.com/advisories/GHSA-gm42-w748-rgww