# CVE-2024-38723: WordPress Get Use APIs – JSON Content Importer plugin <= 1.5.6 - Server Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability

> An attacker can exploit a Server-Side Request Forgery vulnerability in the JSON Content Importer plugin to make arbitrary requests from the server.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 22 Jul 2024
- **Updated:** 28 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-qq4x-r2pp-5qfw

## What is CVE-2024-38723?

CVE-2024-38723 is a medium-severity server-side request forgery vulnerability in Bernhard Kux JSON Content Importer, published on 22 Jul 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in Bernhard Kux JSON Content Importer.This issue affects JSON Content Importer: from n/a through 1.5.6.

Weakness: CWE-918 (Server-Side Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-38723?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Json-Content-Importer Json Content Importer.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-38723?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-38723 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-38723 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-38723 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Bernhard Kux JSON Content Importer

- [CVE-2023-6268](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-6268/): JSON Content Importer < 1.5.4 - Reflected XSS (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2023-25485](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-25485/): WordPress JSON Content Importer Plugin <= 1.3.15 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) (medium 5.9)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-38723 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-38723 is a medium-severity server-side request forgery vulnerability in Bernhard Kux JSON Content Importer, published on 22 Jul 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-38723 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Bernhard Kux JSON Content Importer. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-38723/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-38723/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-38723
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-38723
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-38723

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-38723/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.