CVE-2026-10526 EmbedPress < 4.6.1 - Unauthenticated Blind SSRF
Unauthenticated attackers can induce the EmbedPress WordPress plugin to send HTTP requests to internal hosts, bypassing core URL validation.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-10526?
CVE-2026-10526 is a medium-severity server-side request forgery vulnerability in Unknown EmbedPress, published on 4 Aug 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The EmbedPress WordPress plugin before 4.6.1 does not validate user-supplied URLs before making server-side requests through unauthenticated endpoints, allowing unauthenticated attackers to induce the site to send HTTP requests to internal hosts and services that WordPress core URL validation does not cover (a blind Server-Side Request Forgery).
Weakness: CWE-918
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-10526?
How do I fix CVE-2026-10526?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-10526 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-2026-10526 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-10526 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-5hhp-vm23-j9g4.