The Google Doc Embedder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Server Side Request Forgery via the gview shortcode in versions up to, and including, 2.6.4. This can allow authenticated attackers with contributor-level permissions or 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.
Weakness
The web server receives a URL or similar request from an upstream component and retrieves the contents of this URL, but it does not sufficiently ensure that the request is being sent to the expected destination.
Related Attack Patterns
References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/google-document-embedder/tags/2.6.4/functions.php#L187
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/75e55138-b091-4113-89da-e1ca45fb99ea?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/google-document-embedder/tags/2.6.4/functions.php#L187
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/75e55138-b091-4113-89da-e1ca45fb99ea?source=cve