CVE-2026-1648
HIGHDescription
The Performance Monitor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.6. This is due to insufficient validation of the 'url' parameter in the '/wp-json/performance-monitor/v1/curl_data' REST API endpoint. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to make web requests to arbitrary locations, including internal services, via the Gopher protocol and other dangerous protocols. This can be exploited to achieve Remote Code Execution by chaining with services like Redis.
CVSS v3 Vector
Exploitability
Impact
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Exploit Intelligence
Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 29% of all known CVEs.
References
- https://github.com/assetnote/blind-ssrf-chains
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/performance-monitor/tags/1.0.6/admin/class-curl.php#L50
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/performance-monitor/tags/1.0.6/includes/class-rest-callback.php#L168
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c8f42f17-bce2-421e-9031-bfa0f8c26b2a?source=cve
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Start freeThis 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 2026-04-22.