uncannyowl Uncanny Automator Plugin up to 6.2 on WordPress server-side request forgery

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in uncannyowl Uncanny Automator Plugin up to 6.2 on WordPress. The impacted element is an unknown function. This manipulation causes server-side request forgery. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2024-13838. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability has been found in uncannyowl Uncanny Automator Plugin up to 6.2 on WordPress and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a server-side request forgery vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-918. The web server receives a URL or similar request from an upstream component and retrieves the contents of this URL, but it does not sufficiently ensure that the request is being sent to the expected destination. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The Uncanny Automator – Easy Automation, Integration, Webhooks & Workflow Builder Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 6.2 via the 'call_webhook' method of the Automator_Send_Webhook class This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, to make web requests to arbitrary locations originating from the web application and can be used to query and modify information from internal services.

The weakness was published by Francesco Carlucci. It is possible to read the advisory at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-13838 since 02/05/2025. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation requires an enhanced level of successful authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 03/12/2025).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• WordPress Plugin

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• uncannyowl

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• Uncanny Automator Plugin

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• 6.0
• 6.1
• 6.2

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