CVE•Published 2022-10-28•Modified 2026-04-08•1 article on news•6 live references•NVD data

CVE-2022-3708Google · Web_stories

Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)

CVSS v3.1

9.6

CRITICAL

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

EPSS percentile

Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 22% of all CVEs

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-918Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

Description

The Web Stories plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery in versions up to, and including 1.24.0 due to insufficient validation of URLs supplied via the 'url' parameter found via the /v1/hotlink/proxy REST API Endpoint. This makes it possible for authenticated users to make web requests to arbitrary locations originating from the web application and can be used to query and modify information from internal services.

Timeline

Published 2022-10-28

Modified 2026-04-08

External references

NVD MITRE Exploit-DB GitHub PoC trickest/cve VulnCheck

Search for exposed instances

Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).

Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts

vuln:CVE-2022-3708

Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.

Shodan · WP plugin path

http.html:"/wp-content/plugins/web-stories/"

Matches any site loading the "web-stories" plugin — doesn't rely on Shodan's vuln tag.

Shodan · product

product:"Google Web Stories"

All exposed Google Web Stories instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.

Shodan · banner/body mention

http.html:"Web Stories"

HTTP body or banner mentions "Web Stories" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.