CVE-2026-97354: PowerPress 11.13.12 - 11.17.9 - Contributor+ SSRF via Media URL Redirects
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Monitor (action score 16/100)
- The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.17% (FIRST EPSS).
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. Administrator privileges are required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
- Fixed version: Unknown PowerPress Podcasting plugin by Blubrry 11.17.11.
Low priority for now. Upgrade to Unknown PowerPress Podcasting plugin by Blubrry 11.17.11 or later.
Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it
Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS
The PowerPress Podcasting plugin by Blubrry WordPress plugin before 11.17.11 does not validate the destination of redirects when fetching a user-supplied media URL, allowing users with the contributor role and above to perform Server-Side Request Forgery attacks against internal services.
- Published
- Oct 7, 2026
- Updated
- Oct 7, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.1% · 6th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-918
Report tools
Action score
16
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 16 / 40 · 4.1 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.1%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
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Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (WPScan). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
Unknown PowerPress Podcasting plugin by Blubrry
- 11.13.12 and later · before 11.17.11affected · semver
Same product
unknown: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2026-16294Blubrry PowerPress < 11.17.1 - Contributor+ Server-Side Request Forgery via Podcast Episode Chapters URL28Monitor
- CVE-2026-97319PowerPress < 11.17.2 - Contributor+ Stored XSS via Podcast Player Block27Monitor
- CVE-2026-16293Blubrry PowerPress < 11.16.11 - Contributor+ Stored XSS via Podcast Episode Chapters URL27Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown PowerPress Podcasting plugin by Blubrry | 11.17.11 | Vendor (CNA) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
- Published
- Fix recordedsame day
- TodayNov 12, 2026+36 d
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
- CVE-2026-1629456 days apartBlubrry PowerPress < 11.17.1 - Contributor+ Server-Side Request Forgery via Podcast Episode Chapters URL28Monitor
Not on record for this CVE: patch commit or PR link · public bounty program.
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- Administrator privileges are required.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- low · data can be read
- Integrity
- none
- Availability
- none
Impact can extend beyond the vulnerable component (scope changes).
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality impact
- Low
- Integrity impact
- None
- Availability impact
- None
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-918 · Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
nvd-secondary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
ATT&CK techniques
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Change log
- CVSS— → 4.1
- Severity— → medium
- SSVC exploitation— → none
- Exploit maturity— → none
- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.