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CVE-2025-14613: GetContentFromURL <= 1.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Server-Side Request Forgery via 'url' Shortcode Attribute

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-01-14 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-918

Description

The GetContentFromURL plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.0. This is due to the plugin using wp_remote_get() instead of wp_safe_remote_get() to fetch content from a user-supplied URL in the 'url' parameter of the [gcfu] shortcode. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-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.

Affected products

• daschmi GetContentFromURL: through 1.0

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/getcontentfromurl/tags/1.0/classes/shortcode.class.php#L20
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/getcontentfromurl/trunk/classes/shortcode.class.php#L20
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b83db6c7-09af-4707-a96b-ee551f27e3b7?source=cve

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