# CVE-2025-53241: WordPress Simplified plugin <= 1.0.11 - Server Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability

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

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 14 Aug 2025
- **Updated:** 12 May 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-m23p-f8wj-mrrj

## What is CVE-2025-53241?

CVE-2025-53241 is a medium-severity server-side request forgery vulnerability in kodeshpa Simplified, published on 14 Aug 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in kodeshpa Simplified simplified allows Server Side Request Forgery.This issue affects Simplified: from n/a through <= 1.0.11.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-53241?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-53241?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-53241 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-53241 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-53241 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-53241 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-53241 is a medium-severity server-side request forgery vulnerability in kodeshpa Simplified, published on 14 Aug 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-53241 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: kodeshpa Simplified. 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-2025-53241/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-53241/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-53241
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-53241
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-53241

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-53241/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.