CVE-2022-1037
Published: 18 April 2022
Summary
CVE-2022-1037 is a high-severity SSRF (CWE-918) vulnerability in Villatheme Exmage. Its CVSS base score is 7.2 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 27.0% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-24384
Vulnerability details
The EXMAGE WordPress plugin before 1.0.7 does to ensure that images added via URLs are external images, which could lead to a blind SSRF issue by using local URLs
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Penetration testing attempts server-side requests to internal resources, identifying SSRF weaknesses for remediation.
Outbound connections to external resources can be monitored and limited at the boundary, reducing SSRF impact.
Validates server-side URLs and resource references to block SSRF attempts.
Detects server-side request forgery through monitoring of unexpected outbound connections.