CVE-2024-13838 Server-side request forgery in Uncanny Automator – Easy Automation, Integration, Webhooks & Workflow Builder Plugin
Administrators can exploit a webhook feature to perform server-side request forgery, allowing access to internal services.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-13838?
CVE-2024-13838 is a medium-severity server-side request forgery vulnerability in uncannyowl Uncanny Automator – Easy Automation, Integration, Webhooks & Workflow Builder Plugin, published on 12 Mar 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Uncanny Automator – Easy Automation, Integration, Webhooks & Workflow Builder Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 6.2 via the 'call_webhook' method of the Automator_Send_Webhook class 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.
Weakness: CWE-918
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-13838?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Uncannyowl Uncanny Automator.
How do I fix CVE-2024-13838?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-13838 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and send outbound requests through an allow-list that blocks internal addresses. More about Server-side request forgery.
Is CVE-2024-13838 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-13838 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in uncannyowl Uncanny Automator – Easy Automation, Integration, Webhooks & Workflow Builder Plugin
- CVE-2025-3623 Uncanny Automator <= 6.4.0.1 - Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection in automator_api_decode_message Function
- CVE-2025-2075 Uncanny Automator <= 6.3.0.2 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation
- CVE-2024-37117 WordPress Uncanny Automator Pro plugin <= 5.3 - Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
- CVE-2025-48133 WordPress Uncanny Automator plugin <= 6.4.0.2 - Broken Access Control Vulnerability
- CVE-2025-4520 Uncanny Automator <= 6.4.0.2 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Plugin Settings Update
Sources
Also known as GHSA-6w29-398v-27rj.