CVE-2025-9975 WP Scraper <= 5.8.1 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Server-Side Request Forgery
Administrators can exploit SSRF in WP Scraper to access internal services and cloud metadata, requiring an upgrade to mitigate.
- 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-2025-9975?
CVE-2025-9975 is a medium-severity server-side request forgery vulnerability in rico-macchi WP Scraper, published on 11 Oct 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The WP Scraper plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 5.8.1 via the wp_scraper_extract_content function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, to make web requests to arbitrary locations originating from the web application and can be used to query and modify information from internal services. On Cloud instances, this issue allows for metadata retrieving.
Weakness: CWE-918
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-9975?
How do I fix CVE-2025-9975?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-9975 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-2025-9975 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-9975 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-63m9-crqw-hp28.