CVE-2026-17565 Animation Addons for Elementor < 2.7.2 - Unauthenticated Server-Side Request Forgery
Unauthenticated attackers can exploit a lack of validation to force the server to make requests to internal hosts and read responses.
- 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-2026-17565?
CVE-2026-17565 is a high-severity server-side request forgery vulnerability in Unknown Animation Addons for Elementor, published on 19 Aug 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Animation Addons for Elementor WordPress plugin before 2.7.2 does not validate a user-supplied value before using it to build the host of a server-side HTTP request, allowing unauthenticated users to make the site issue requests to internal hosts and read the responses back.
Weakness: CWE-918
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-17565?
How do I fix CVE-2026-17565?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-17565 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-2026-17565 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-17565 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-j943-8rcj-jvf4.