Admin SSRF via missing nonce and hostname validation
Published Nov 8, 2022 · Updated Apr 28, 2026
Server-Side Request Forgery in All in One SEO Pro 4.2.5.1 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to query internal services. The plugin accepts administrator-triggered web requests without nonce checks or hostname validation, letting requests originate from the WordPress server toward arbitrary domains. Administrative privileges are required, and the reachable impact is querying or modifying information exposed by internal services.
Summary
What happened
Server-Side Request Forgery in All in One SEO Pro 4.2.5.1 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to query internal services. The plugin accepts administrator-triggered web requests without nonce checks or hostname validation, letting requests originate from the WordPress server toward arbitrary domains. Administrative privileges are required, and the reachable impact is querying or modifying information exposed by internal services.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-42494
- Published
- Nov 8, 2022
- Updated
- Apr 28, 2026
- Vendor
- Semper Plugins, LLC
- Product
- All in One SEO Pro
- Classifications
- CWE-918, T1190
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- admin
Timeline
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- Nov 8, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 28, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=<= 4.2.5.1 <=4.2.5.1
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