Ditty
CVE-2025-8085
HIGH
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V4 - API and Web Service URL allowlisting, SSRF prevention
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 2 tactics: Initial Access, Credential Access The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | CVSS score of 8.6 (HIGH). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, no user interaction not required. Public proof-of-concept exploit code is available. EPSS exploitation probability: 18.07%. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A remote attacker could make the server perform requests to unintended internal or external resources by sending crafted requests to the affected application. No authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Mar 28, 2026
The Ditty WordPress plugin before 3.1.58 lacks authorization and authentication for requests to its displayItems endpoint, allowing unauthenticated visitors to make requests to arbitrary URLs. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.6), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 18.1%.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Validate and allowlist destination URLs, block requests to internal networks, use network segmentation.
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Technical ContextAI · show details
This vulnerability is classified as Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) (CWE-918), which allows attackers to make the server perform requests to unintended internal or external resources. The Ditty WordPress plugin before 3.1.58 lacks authorization and authentication for requests to its displayItems endpoint, allowing unauthenticated visitors to make requests to arbitrary URLs. Affected products include: Metaphorcreations Ditty. Version information: before 3.1.58.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Primary rating from Vendor (wpscan) · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorVendor: wpscan
Lifecycle Timeline
2DescriptionCVE.org
The Ditty WordPress plugin before 3.1.58 lacks authorization and authentication for requests to its displayItems endpoint, allowing unauthenticated visitors to make requests to arbitrary URLs.
Executive ViewAI
Organizations using Ditty WordPress face significant risk from CVE-2025-8085, a server-side request forgery vulnerability rated CVSS 8.6. Attackers could trick authenticated users into performing unintended actions, potentially modifying critical settings or data. With an EPSS score of 18%, exploitation is likely in exposed deployments. Organizations should apply vendor updates when available and consider compensating controls in the interim.
Apply vendor patch. If immediate patching is not feasible: (1) Implement strict egress filtering; (2) Use allowlists for outbound connections; (3) Block access to cloud metadata endpoints.
Threat Intelligence Overview
NVD
CVE.org
EPSS
VulDB
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SSVC AssessmentENISA
Priority Score
Attack Technique
Server-Side Request Forgery exploits applications that fetch remote resources based on user-supplied URLs.
Affected Products (CPE)CVE.org
The Ditty WordPress plugin before 3.1.46 re-introduced a previously fixed security issue (https://wpscan.com/vulnerabili
The Ditty WordPress plugin before 3.1.25 does not sanitise and escape some parameters and generated URLs before outputti
The Ditty (formerly Ditty News Ticker) WordPress plugin before 3.0.15 is affected by a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (X
The Ditty WordPress plugin before 3.1.36 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privi
The Ditty WordPress plugin before 3.1.52 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privi
The Ditty WordPress plugin before 3.1.47 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privi
The Ditty WordPress plugin before 3.1.43 does not sanitise and escape some of its blocks' settings, which could allow hi
Stored cross-site scripting in the Ditty WordPress plugin (ditty-news-ticker) through 3.1.71 allows an authenticated use
Stored cross-site scripting in the Ditty WordPress plugin (versions through 3.1.69) allows an authenticated attacker hol
The Ditty WordPress plugin before 3.1.45 does not sanitise and escape some parameters, which could allow users with a ro
Auth. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.4), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor pat
Broken access control in the Ditty WordPress plugin (versions up to and including 3.1.67) allows subscriber-level authen
GitHub PoC
Exploit-DB