CVE-2025-12388 Server-side request forgery in Carousel Block – Responsive Image and Content Carousel
Authenticated attackers can exploit missing URL validation to perform Server-Side Request Forgery, accessing internal services via the WordPress plugin.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-12388?
CVE-2025-12388 is a medium-severity server-side request forgery vulnerability in bplugins Carousel Block – Responsive Image and Content Carousel, published on 5 Nov 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The B Carousel Block – Responsive Image and Content Carousel plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 1.1.5. This is due to the plugin not validating user-supplied URLs before passing them to the wp_remote_request() function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-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-2025-12388?
How do I fix CVE-2025-12388?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-12388 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-2025-12388 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-12388 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-rjf9-fxg3-f244.