CVE-2025-53457 WordPress SEO Backlink Monitor plugin <= 1.8.0 - Server Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability
An attacker can exploit a Server-Side Request Forgery vulnerability in the SEO Backlink Monitor plugin to make unauthorized requests from the server.
- 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-2025-53457?
CVE-2025-53457 is a medium-severity server-side request forgery vulnerability in activewebsight SEO Backlink Monitor, published on 22 Sep 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in activewebsight SEO Backlink Monitor seo-backlink-monitor allows Server Side Request Forgery.This issue affects SEO Backlink Monitor: from n/a through <= 1.8.0.
Weakness: CWE-918
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-53457?
How do I fix CVE-2025-53457?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-53457 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-2025-53457 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-53457 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-vrvx-wxgq-324j.