# CVE-2025-8680: B Slider - Gutenberg Slider Block for WP <= 2.0.0 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Server-Side Request Forgery

> Authenticated subscribers can exploit SSRF in the B Slider plugin to query and modify internal services via arbitrary web requests.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 15 Aug 2025
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-97gr-pmvx-vqg9

## What is CVE-2025-8680?

CVE-2025-8680 is a medium-severity server-side request forgery vulnerability in bplugins bSlider – Create Responsive Image, Post, Product, and Video Sliders, published on 15 Aug 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The B Slider- Gutenberg Slider Block for WP plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery in version less than, or equal to, 2.0.0 via the fs_api_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 which can be used to query and modify information from internal services.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-8680?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-8680?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-8680 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-8680 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-8680 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-8680 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-8680 is a medium-severity server-side request forgery vulnerability in bplugins bSlider – Create Responsive Image, Post, Product, and Video Sliders, published on 15 Aug 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-8680 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: bplugins bSlider – Create Responsive Image, Post, Product, and Video Sliders. 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-2025-8680/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-8680/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-8680
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-8680
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-8680

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-8680/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.