CVE-2025-31796
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedServer-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in TheInnovs ElementsCSS Addons for Elementor css-for-elementor allows Server Side Request Forgery.This issue affects ElementsCSS Addons for Elementor: from n/a through <= 1.0.8.9.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceThis is a Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in the ElementsCSS Addons for Elementor WordPress plugin (css-for-elementor). The flaw allows an attacker to induce the server to make HTTP requests to arbitrary domains, potentially accessing internal services, cloud metadata endpoints, or intranet resources. The vulnerability affects versions up to and including 1.0.8.9.
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CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Verify ElementsCSS Addons plugin is installedIn WordPress admin, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins and look for 'ElementsCSS Addons for Elementor' or 'css-for-elementor'. Alternatively, check the/wp-content/plugins/ directory for a folder named 'css-for-elementor' or similar.Affected if The plugin is present in the WordPress installation
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Determine the installed versionIn WordPress admin Plugins page, click on the plugin to view details and note the version number. Or check the main plugin PHP file header for the 'Version' field.Affected if The version is 1.0.8.9 or lower (any version up to and including 1.0.8.9)
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Identify if URL-fetching features are in useCheck the plugin settings pages for options that allow entering external URLs, such as CSS import, remote stylesheet loading, or any feature that accepts a URL parameter.Affected if Any feature that accepts and fetches external URLs is configured or available
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Inspect network-facing endpointsUse a web proxy or check the plugin files (look in the includes or classes folders) for functions that make HTTP requests (wp_remote_get, wp_remote_post, file_get_contents with URLs, curl calls) and accept user-supplied URL parameters.Affected if The plugin contains code that makes outbound HTTP requests based on URL parameters without validation
The environment is affected if the ElementsCSS Addons plugin version is 1.0.8.9 or lower and the plugin or its features that handle external URLs are active.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpgrade to a patched version of ElementsCSS Addons for Elementor that addresses the SSRF vulnerability. If no patched version is available, implement server-side validation of any URL parameters to ensure only approved domains are reachable, and block requests to internal IP ranges (127.0.0.0/8, 10.0.0.0/8, 172.16.0.0/12, 192.168.0.0/16) and cloud metadata endpoints.
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The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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