Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessReach unauthenticated plugin lookup endpoint
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DeliverySupply arbitrary internal host:port
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ExploitServer opens outbound connection
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ExecutionMeasure response-timing differences
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ImpactInfer reachable internal hosts/ports
Vulnerability Assessment
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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. |
| Exploitation Conditions | Exploitation requires only that the plugin (Customer Engagement System before 2.0.2) is installed and its MailChimp interest-group lookup interface is reachable; the description states this interface does not restrict access and does not validate the supplied API key, so no authentication, user interaction, or non-default configuration is needed (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N). The practical limiting factor is the nature of the impact: this is a blind SSRF that only lets the attacker infer host/port reachability from response timing, not retrieve response bodies or reach systems the WordPress server itself cannot route to, so real-world value depends on what internal network the host can connect to. |
| Impact | This is a moderate-severity SSRF (CWE-918) with a coherent set of low-urgency signals. The CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N) confirms network-reachable, unauthenticated, low-complexity access, and the Scope change (S:C) reflects that the vulnerable WordPress host is coerced into connecting to other internal systems; impact is limited to C:L with no integrity or availability effect, consistent with a blind/timing-based reachability oracle rather than data theft or code execution. EPSS is low at 0.15% (4th percentile), there is no CISA KEV listing, and no public exploit is identified, so all three real-world-exploitation signals agree this is not under active or imminent mass exploitation. The vuln.today decision label is 'this_month,' which matches a patch-available, genuine-but-not-emergency SSRF. The main value of this flaw to an attacker is internal network reconnaissance (port/host reachability mapping) from the perimeter, not direct compromise; its real priority is driven more by how exposed the host is and what internal services it can reach than by the base score. No key signals conflict here. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An unauthenticated attacker sends crafted requests to the plugin's unprotected MailChimp interest-group lookup endpoint, supplying attacker-chosen internal hostnames/ports so the WordPress server opens outbound connections on their behalf. By comparing response timing, the attacker infers which internal hosts and ports are reachable, building a map of the internal network from outside. No public exploit code is identified at time of analysis. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 28, 2026
Server-side request forgery in the Customer Engagement System WordPress plugin before 2.0.2 lets unauthenticated remote attackers make the WordPress server open outbound connections to arbitrary internal hosts and ports through the plugin's MailChimp interest-group lookup, which neither restricts access nor validates the supplied API key (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N, 5.8). Because the response body is not returned, the exposure is blind: an attacker can only infer which internal hosts and ports are reachable from response timing, so practical value depends on what networks the web server can route to. There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis, EPSS is 0.15% (4th percentile), and the issue is not in CISA KEV; the vendor has released a fixed version, and remediation is prioritized for this month.
RemediationAI
Vendor-released patch: 2.0.2 - upgrade the Customer Engagement System plugin to 2.0.2 or later, which is the version boundary stated in the advisory and the EUVD affected range, and confirm the MailChimp interest-group lookup no longer accepts unauthenticated, unvalidated requests. No vendor-documented workaround is provided in the available sources, and the input does not document any configuration-level fix; sites that cannot update immediately should treat the plugin's lookup interface as internet-exposed attack surface and monitor outbound connections from the WordPress host to internal address space for timing-based probing. Advisory and patch references: https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/b91dc5fc-8b7b-4874-9e71-e3d07b41812a/ and https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-115225; the priority label places this in the this-month remediation window rather than emergency action.
Affected VersionsENISA
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
Affects your stack
Affects 1 package in euvd
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Technical ContextAI · show details
CWE-918 (Server-Side Request Forgery) in a WordPress plugin: the MailChimp interest-group lookup handler is registered in a way that does not enforce authorization or validate the API key parameter supplied by the caller, so arbitrary caller-controlled destination data reaches the server-side HTTP client. WordPress plugin endpoints reachable without capability checks are directly exposed to any visitor, which is why the vector is PR:N/UI:N despite the sensitive-looking function. The classification is scope-changed (S:C) because the vulnerable component is being used as a pivot into other network segments, while confidentiality impact is limited (C:L) because only reachability - not response content - is observable; there is no integrity or availability impact in the assessed vector. The supplied intelligence contains no CPE strings; affected version ranges come from EUVD (0 through <2.0.2) and the WPScan advisory. The trigger mechanism beyond the missing access restriction and missing API key validation is not described in the available sources.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
Unauthenticated network-reachable lookup (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N) coerces the host to connect elsewhere (S:C); only reachability is leaked via timing (C:L), with no integrity or availability impact.
Primary rating from Vendor (wpscan).
CVSS VectorVendor: wpscan
Lifecycle Timeline
4DescriptionCVE.org
The Customer Engagement System WordPress plugin before 2.0.2 does not restrict access to its MailChimp interest-group lookup or validate the API key supplied to it, allowing unauthenticated users to make the server open connections to arbitrary internal hosts and ports and infer from response timing which ones are reachable.
Threat Intelligence Overview
How this decision was reached
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SSVC AssessmentENISA
Priority Score
Attack Technique
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EUVD-2026-111730
GHSA-4r9j-p4gw-x3hm
NVD
CVE.org
EPSS
Exploit-DB