# 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.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/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:** 22 Sep 2025
- **Updated:** 28 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-vrvx-wxgq-324j

## 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 (Server-Side Request Forgery)

## 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.

## Is CVE-2025-53457 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-53457 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-53457 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-53457 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: activewebsight SEO Backlink Monitor. 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-2025-53457/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-53457/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-53457
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-53457
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-53457

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-53457/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.