CVE-2026-0807
Published: 24 January 2026
Summary
CVE-2026-0807 is a high-severity SSRF (CWE-918) vulnerability in Wordpress (inferred from references). Its CVSS base score is 7.2 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 9.2th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Threat & Defense at a Glance
Threat & Defense Details
Likely Mitigating ControlsAI
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.
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
SSRF in public-facing WordPress plugin directly enables remote exploitation of the application (T1190); description explicitly notes use for accessing cloud metadata services (T1522) and internal network probing/service discovery (T1046).
NVD Description
The Frontis Blocks plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.6. This is due to insufficient restriction on the 'url' parameter in the 'template_proxy' function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated…
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attackers to make web requests to arbitrary locations originating from the web application via the '/template-proxy/' and '/proxy-image/' endpoint.
Deeper analysisAI
CVE-2026-0807 is a Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability, classified under CWE-918, affecting the Frontis Blocks plugin for WordPress in all versions up to and including 1.1.6. The issue stems from insufficient restrictions on the 'url' parameter within the 'template_proxy' function, allowing requests to arbitrary locations originating from the web server via the '/template-proxy/' and '/proxy-image/' endpoints. It carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.2 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N), highlighting its high severity due to network accessibility, low complexity, and changed scope with limited confidentiality and integrity impacts.
Unauthenticated attackers can exploit this vulnerability remotely without privileges or user interaction by sending crafted requests to the affected endpoints. This enables them to force the WordPress server to initiate connections to arbitrary domains or internal resources, potentially bypassing firewalls, accessing metadata services, or probing internal networks from the trusted server context.
Advisories reference code locations in the plugin's Admin.php file at line 910 across version tags and trunk, along with WordPress plugin trac changeset 3444616, which likely addresses the issue post-1.1.6. Additional details are available via Wordfence threat intelligence.
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