6.8
MEDIUM CVSS 3.1
CVE-2026-40500
ProcessWire CMS SSRF via Add Module From URL
Description

Rejected reason: This CVE ID has been rejected or withdrawn by its CVE Numbering Authority. The "Add Module from URL" feature requires superuser privileges (root-equivalent in ProcessWire) who already has unrestricted arbitrary code execution via standard module upload, making the SSRF vector incapable of providing incremental attack surface. The feature is also disabled by default and requires direct filesystem access to enable.

INFO

Published Date :

April 15, 2026, 10:17 p.m.

Last Modified :

July 9, 2026, 11:17 p.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2026-40500 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Processwire processwire
CVSS Scores
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Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
CVSS 3.1 MEDIUM 83251b91-4cc7-4094-a5c7-464a1b83ea10
CVSS 3.1 MEDIUM [email protected]
CVSS 3.1 MEDIUM MITRE-CVE
CVSS 4.0 MEDIUM 83251b91-4cc7-4094-a5c7-464a1b83ea10
CVSS 4.0 MEDIUM [email protected]
Solution
Update ProcessWire CMS to a version that mitigates the SSRF vulnerability in the admin panel.
  • Update ProcessWire CMS to a patched version.
  • Restrict access to the 'Add Module From URL' feature.
  • Implement network egress filtering.

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2026-40500 vulnerability over time.

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  • CVE Rejected by [email protected]

    Jul. 09, 2026

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 09, 2026

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Affected [{'repo': 'https://github.com/processwire/processwire', 'vendor': 'processwire', 'product': 'processwire', 'versions': [{'status': 'affected', 'version': '0', 'versionType': 'semver', 'lessThanOrEqual': '3.0.255'}], 'defaultStatus': 'unknown'}]
    Removed Tag VulnCheck: disputed
    Changed Description ProcessWire CMS version 3.0.255 and prior contain a server-side request forgery vulnerability in the admin panel's 'Add Module From URL' feature that allows authenticated administrators to supply arbitrary URLs to the module download parameter, causing the server to issue outbound HTTP requests to attacker-controlled internal or external hosts. Attackers can exploit differentiable error messages returned by the server to perform reliable internal network port scanning, host enumeration across RFC-1918 ranges, and potential access to cloud instance metadata endpoints. Rejected reason: This CVE ID has been rejected or withdrawn by its CVE Numbering Authority. The "Add Module from URL" feature requires superuser privileges (root-equivalent in ProcessWire) who already has unrestricted arbitrary code execution via standard module upload, making the SSRF vector incapable of providing incremental attack surface. The feature is also disabled by default and requires direct filesystem access to enable.
    Removed CVSS V4.0 VulnCheck: AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
    Removed CVSS V3.1 VulnCheck: AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
    Removed CWE VulnCheck: CWE-918
    Removed Reference VulnCheck: https://gist.github.com/thepiyushkumarshukla/7514e5eed526fd9d20fcfc42ce8d0a82
    Removed Reference VulnCheck: https://processwire.com/
    Removed Reference VulnCheck: https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/processwire-cms-ssrf-via-add-module-from-url
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 07, 2026

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Tag disputed
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jun. 17, 2026

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Affected [{'repo': 'https://github.com/processwire/processwire', 'vendor': 'processwire', 'product': 'processwire', 'versions': [{'status': 'affected', 'version': '0', 'versionType': 'semver', 'lessThanOrEqual': '3.0.255'}], 'defaultStatus': 'unknown'}]
  • CVE Modified by 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

    Jun. 17, 2026

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added SSVC {'id': 'CVE-2026-40500', 'role': 'CISA Coordinator', 'options': [{'exploitation': 'poc'}, {'automatable': 'no'}, {'technicalImpact': 'partial'}], 'version': '2.0.3', 'timestamp': '2026-04-16T13:38:07.616055Z'}
  • New CVE Received by [email protected]

    Apr. 15, 2026

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description ProcessWire CMS version 3.0.255 and prior contain a server-side request forgery vulnerability in the admin panel's 'Add Module From URL' feature that allows authenticated administrators to supply arbitrary URLs to the module download parameter, causing the server to issue outbound HTTP requests to attacker-controlled internal or external hosts. Attackers can exploit differentiable error messages returned by the server to perform reliable internal network port scanning, host enumeration across RFC-1918 ranges, and potential access to cloud instance metadata endpoints.
    Added CVSS V4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
    Added CWE CWE-918
    Added Reference https://gist.github.com/thepiyushkumarshukla/7514e5eed526fd9d20fcfc42ce8d0a82
    Added Reference https://processwire.com/
    Added Reference https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/processwire-cms-ssrf-via-add-module-from-url
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