WebinarpressWordPress extension

CVE-2025-47635

CRITICAL · 9.8 CVSS v3.1 Published 2025-05-07
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to after 1.33.27 or later.
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100/100
Remediation priority · Urgent
Remotely reachable No privileges Zero-click

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 · unedited
Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in WPWebinarSystem WebinarPress wp-webinarsystem allows Server Side Request Forgery.This issue affects WebinarPress: from n/a through <= 1.33.28.

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 · high confidence

Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in the WPWebinarSystem WebinarPress WordPress plugin (wp-webinarsystem) allows remote unauthenticated attackers to make the server perform requests to arbitrary URLs. The CVSS 9.8 indicates the flaw is exploitable over the network without authentication and can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

MitigationUpdate to the latest version of WebinarPress if a patch is available; otherwise, restrict outgoing network connections from the web server and implement URL allowlist validation in the plugin to prevent the server from making arbitrary requests to internal resources or external systems.

Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.

Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
WebinarpressWordPress extension
Affected:<= 1.33.27

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
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

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

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 checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Identify if WebinarPress plugin is installed
    Check the WordPress plugins directory for the wp-webinarsystem folder, typically at wp-content/plugins/wp-webinarsystem/
    Affected if The plugin folder wp-webinarsystem exists on the server
  2. Determine the installed version of WebinarPress
    Open the main plugin file (wp-webinarsystem.php or similar) in the plugin directory and look for the Version header in the plugin comments, or check the readme.txt file for the version number
    Affected if The version listed is 1.33.27 or lower (any version <= 1.33.27)
  3. Inspect plugin files for URL-handling functions
    Search the plugin directory for code that performs HTTP requests (e.g., wp_remote_get, wp_remote_post, file_get_contents with URLs, curl functions) and accepts user-controlled URLs without proper validation
    Affected if The plugin contains code that makes outgoing HTTP requests based on input without validating the target URL
  4. Check for vulnerable parameters in plugin endpoints
    Review AJAX handlers or form processing files in the plugin for parameters that accept full URLs (such as callback_url, redirect_url, or similar) and are used in server-side request functions without sanitization
    Affected if The plugin accepts URL parameters and uses them in server-side requests without allowlist validation

You are affected if the WebinarPress plugin is installed with any version <= 1.33.27 and the plugin contains functionality that accepts and processes arbitrary URLs from external input.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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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 data
Upgrade available Upgrade to a release after 1.33.27
Interim mitigation

Update to the latest version of WebinarPress if a patch is available; otherwise, restrict outgoing network connections from the web server and implement URL allowlist validation in the plugin to prevent the server from making arbitrary requests to internal resources or external systems.

Fix this in Webinarpress Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation2.0 h
  • Implementation4.0 h
  • Testing3.0 h
  • Review / QA1.0 h
10.0 hours of engineering $1,750
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