Is CVE-2022-3708 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2022-3708 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2022-3708?

CVE-2022-3708 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.6 (CRITICAL).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2022-3708?

CVE-2022-3708 has an EPSS score of 0.69% (48th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2022-3708?

Upgrade web stories to 1.25.0 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2022-3708

CRITICAL

9.6

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

The Web Stories plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery in versions up to, and including 1.24.0 due to insufficient validation of URLs supplied via the 'url' parameter found via the /v1/hotlink/proxy REST API Endpoint. This makes it possible for authenticated users to make web requests to arbitrary locations originating from the web application and can be used to query and modify information from internal services.

CWE-918Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

How to fix

Remediation Available

web storiesNVD

Affected:< 1.25.0Fixed in:1.25.0CVE-2022-3708derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeChanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

0.69%probability of exploitation in 30 days

48thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 48% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch2

Third-Party Advisory3

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-918 (Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2024-21893	High	8.2	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2021-40438	Critical	9.0	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2021-34473	Critical	9.1	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2021-26855	Critical	9.1	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2021-21985	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2022-41040	High	8.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-08.