CVE-2024-23825VulnerabilityPublished 30 Jan 2024Updated 29 May 2025

CVE-2024-23825: TablePress (WordPress plugin) · Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

Affects TablePress (WordPress plugin)Source CVE Database V5

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 3.0 Low : upgrade to 2.2.5 when convenient.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 06:26 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score

3.0Low

How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 45% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch: Available – fixed in 2.2.5

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

Attack Vector: Network
Attack Complexity: High
Privileges Required: High
User Interaction: None
Scope: Changed
Confidentiality: Low
Integrity: None
Availability: None

Bold values are the worst case: easiest to exploit or largest impact.

Attack Vector: Network: The vulnerable component is bound to the network stack and the set of possible attackers extends beyond the other options listed, up to and including the entire Internet. Such a vulnerability is often termed 'remotely exploitable' and can be thought of as an attack being exploitable at the protocol level one or more network hops away (e.g., across one or more routers).
Attack Complexity: High: A successful attack depends on conditions beyond the attacker's control. That is, a successful attack cannot be accomplished at will, but requires the attacker to invest in some measurable amount of effort in preparation or execution against the vulnerable component before a successful attack can be expected. For example, a successful attack may require an attacker to: gather knowledge about the environment in which the vulnerable target/component exists; prepare the target environment to improve exploit reliability; or inject themselves into the logical network path between the target and the resource requested by the victim in order to read and/or modify network communications (e.g., a man in the middle attack).
Privileges Required: High: The attacker is authorized with (i.e., requires) privileges that provide significant (e.g., administrative) control over the vulnerable component that could affect component-wide settings and files.
User Interaction: None: The vulnerable system can be exploited without any interaction from any user.
Scope: Changed: An exploited vulnerability can affect resources beyond the security scope managed by the security authority of the vulnerable component. In this case, the vulnerable component and the impacted component are different and managed by different security authorities.
Confidentiality: Low: There is some loss of confidentiality. Access to some restricted information is obtained, but the attacker does not have control over what information is obtained, or the amount or kind of loss is limited. The information disclosure does not cause a direct, serious loss to the impacted component.
Integrity: None: There is no loss of integrity within the impacted component.
Availability: None: There is no impact to availability within the impacted component.

Definitions: FIRST CVSS v3.1 specification.

Exploitation evidence

Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 30 Jan 2024
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 2026-10-26.

Disclosed: The CVE record is public on cve.org. Its publication is t = 0.
Detectable: A public nuclei template can find exposed instances, for defenders and attackers alike.
Weaponised: Public exploit code exists in Metasploit or Exploit-DB, or CISA SSVC reports a public proof of concept.
Exploited in the wild: CISA KEV lists it, CISA SSVC rates exploitation active, or a source reports attacks.
Observed by OffSeq Mirage: OffSeq Mirage honeypot sensors recorded attack traffic for this CVE, or found exposed hosts without attack traffic.

Moments are spaced evenly, not to scale; a dashed line marks a gap of six months or more. Deltas count from t = 0. Sources that give only a date (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, or a time of exactly 00:00Z) read “same day” rather than hours. Metasploit modules carry the flaw’s disclosure date, not their release date, and nuclei templates carry no date, so both appear above but not on the timeline.

What to do

Upgrade tablepress/tablepress to 2.2.5.

Affected software

Product	Affected	Fixed in
Packagisttablepress/tablepress`pkg:composer/tablepress/tablepress`Other threats	Affected <2.2.5	Fixed in 2.2.5

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AI-suggested

1. Immediate upgrade of the TablePress plugin to version 2.2.5 or later, where this vulnerability is patched. 2. Implement strict input validation and sanitization on URLs accepted by the plugin to prevent SSRF attempts. 3. Restrict access to cloud instance metadata services by applying network-level controls such as firewall rules or metadata service access restrictions (e.g., AWS IMDSv2 enforcement). 4. Limit the privileges of WordPress users to minimize the number of accounts that can supply URLs for import, reducing the attack surface. 5. Monitor and log outbound HTTP requests from the web server to detect unusual or unauthorized internal network access attempts. 6. Conduct regular security audits of WordPress plugins and cloud configurations to identify and remediate similar SSRF risks. 7. Employ Web Application Firewalls (WAFs) with SSRF detection capabilities to block malicious requests targeting internal resources.

Description

TablePress is a table plugin for Wordpress. For importing tables, TablePress makes external HTTP requests based on a URL that is provided by the user. That user input is filtered insufficiently, which makes it is possible to send requests to unintended network locations and receive responses. On sites in a cloud environment like AWS, an attacker can potentially make GET requests to the instance's metadata REST API. If the instance's configuration is insecure, this can lead to the exposure of internal data, including credentials. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.2.5.

Impact

For European organizations using WordPress sites with the TablePress plugin versions earlier than 2.2.5, this vulnerability poses a risk of unauthorized internal network reconnaissance and potential data leakage. In cloud-hosted environments, especially those using AWS, the SSRF could allow attackers to access sensitive instance metadata, potentially exposing credentials that could be leveraged for further lateral movement or privilege escalation within the cloud infrastructure. This could lead to breaches of confidentiality and compromise of internal systems. Although the CVSS score is low, the impact can be significant if combined with other vulnerabilities or misconfigurations. Organizations relying on TablePress for public-facing or internal portals should be aware that attackers with authenticated access could exploit this flaw to gather intelligence or extract sensitive information, which may lead to compliance issues under GDPR if personal or sensitive data is exposed. The risk is heightened in environments where cloud metadata services are accessible and not properly secured.

CWE-918Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) (opens in a new tab)
Base weaknessCWE Top 25 (2025): #22OWASP Top 10 A01:2025: Broken Access Control (opens in a new tab)
The web server receives a URL or similar request from an upstream component and retrieves the contents of this URL, but it does not sufficiently ensure that the request is being sent to the expected destination.
OWASP Cheat Sheets
Server Side Request Forgery Prevention (opens in a new tab)
Unvalidated Redirects and Forwards (opens in a new tab)
Cross Site Scripting Prevention (opens in a new tab)
DOM based XSS Prevention (opens in a new tab)
Authorization (opens in a new tab)
OWASP ASVS 4.0.3
V12.6.1 (opens in a new tab)
V5.2.6 (opens in a new tab)
Attack patterns
Server Side Request Forgery (opens in a new tab)
From MITRE CWE, MITRE CAPEC and OWASP (Top 10, OpenCRE).

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AI analysisMachine-generated, updated 8 Jul 2025, 01:55 UTC

WeaknessesCWE-918

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