Elementor Animation Addons for Elementor Plugin up to 2.7.1 on WordPress server-side request forgery

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Elementor Animation Addons for Elementor Plugin up to 2.7.1. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. This manipulation causes server-side request forgery. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2026-17565. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Elementor Animation Addons for Elementor Plugin up to 2.7.1. It has been declared as problematic. 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. The summary by CVE is:

The Animation Addons for Elementor WordPress plugin before 2.7.2 does not validate a user-supplied value before using it to build the host of a server-side HTTP request, allowing unauthenticated users to make the site issue requests to internal hosts and read the responses back.

The advisory is shared at wpscan.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-17565 since 07/27/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

Upgrading to version 2.7.2 eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.1

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Server-side request forgery
CWE: CWE-918
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Animation Addons for Elementor Plugin 2.7.2

Timelineinfo

07/27/2026 CVE reserved
08/19/2026 +23 days Advisory disclosed
08/19/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
08/19/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: wpscan.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-17565 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-17565
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-392965

Entryinfo

Created: 08/19/2026 08:37
Changes: 08/19/2026 08:37 (55)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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