# CVE-2025-8085: Ditty < 3.1.58 - Unauthenticated SSRF

> Unauthenticated attackers can exploit the Ditty WordPress plugin to make arbitrary server-side requests, potentially accessing internal resources.

- **Severity:** High 8.6 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 8 Sep 2025
- **Updated:** 8 Sep 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-5w55-fgg7-m5gx

## What is CVE-2025-8085?

CVE-2025-8085 is a high-severity server-side request forgery vulnerability in Unknown Ditty, published on 8 Sep 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Ditty  WordPress plugin before 3.1.58 lacks authorization and authentication for requests to its displayItems endpoint, allowing unauthenticated visitors to make requests to arbitrary URLs.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-8085?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Metaphorcreations Ditty.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-8085?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-8085 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-8085 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-8085 exists.

Public exploit code:

- Ditty < 3.1.58 - Server-Side Request Forgery (nuclei): http/cves/2025/CVE-2025-8085.yaml

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Ditty

- [CVE-2023-23874](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-23874/): WordPress Ditty Plugin <= 3.0.32 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2024-6715](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6715/): Ditty 3.1.39-3.1.45 - Author+ Stored XSS (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2023-4148](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-4148/): Ditty < 3.1.25 - Reflected XSS (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2022-0533](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0533/): Ditty (formerly Ditty News Ticker) < 3.0.15 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2024-6710](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6710/): Ditty < 3.1.45 - Author+ Stored XSS (medium 5.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-8085 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-8085 is a high-severity server-side request forgery vulnerability in Unknown Ditty, published on 8 Sep 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-8085 exists.

Affected product: Unknown Ditty. 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-2025-8085/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-8085/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-8085
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-8085
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-8085

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-8085/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.