CVE-2026-42641
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 ILLID Share This Image share-this-image allows Server Side Request Forgery.This issue affects Share This Image: from n/a through <= 2.14.
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 confidenceServer-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in the Share This Image WordPress plugin (versions up to 2.14) allows remote attackers to make the affected server perform requests to arbitrary internal or external destinations by manipulating input parameters used in URL requests.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
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 Share This Image plugin is installedIn WordPress admin, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins and look for 'Share This Image' in the list, or inspect the /wp-content/plugins/ directory for a folder named 'share-this-image' or similarAffected if The plugin is present in the WordPress installation
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Determine the installed plugin versionIn WordPress admin, click on the plugin from the Installed Plugins list to view its details, which typically display the version number. Alternatively, read the main plugin PHP file header (e.g., share-this-image.php) which contains a Version fieldAffected if The displayed version is 2.14 or lower
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Confirm the plugin is activeIn WordPress admin > Plugins, check that 'Share This Image' shows as 'Active' under the status columnAffected if The plugin is currently active and processing requests
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Identify if URL-fetching functionality is exposedExamine the plugin for AJAX endpoints or public-facing forms that accept URL input. Common SSRF entry points are settings pages with URL preview/fetch features, or REST API endpoints that accept URLs as parametersAffected if The plugin has exposed endpoints or forms that accept external URLs without proper validation
The environment is affected if the Share This Image plugin is installed, active, and running version 2.14 or lower with its URL-fetching feature accessible.
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 dataUpdate to a patched version of Share This Image if available, or implement web application firewall (WAF) rules to detect and block SSRF attack patterns until a fix can be applied.
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- Implementation6.0 h
- Testing3.0 h
- Review / QA2.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2026-42641 in production — separate from our analysis above.
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.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- 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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