CVE-2020-28978
The Canto plugin 1.3.0 for WordPress contains blind SSRF vulnerability.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 15.4%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
The Canto plugin 1.3.0 for WordPress contains blind SSRF vulnerability. It allows an unauthenticated attacker can make a request to any internal and external server via /includes/lib/tree.php?subdomain=SSRF.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 15.43% probability · 97th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · first 4 December 2020
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-918
- Affected
- canto/canto
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 15.4% since 3 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160358/WordPress-Canto-1.3.0-Server-Side-Request-Forgery.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://gist.github.com/p4nk4jv/87aebd999ce4b28063943480e95fd9e0Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/CantoDAM/Canto-Wordpress-PluginProduct
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/canto/#developersRelease Notes
- https://www.canto.com/integrations/wordpress/Product
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160358/WordPress-Canto-1.3.0-Server-Side-Request-Forgery.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://gist.github.com/p4nk4jv/87aebd999ce4b28063943480e95fd9e0Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/CantoDAM/Canto-Wordpress-PluginProduct
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/canto/#developersRelease Notes
- https://www.canto.com/integrations/wordpress/Product
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.