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September 29, 2025

## WAF Release - 2025-09-29

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This week highlights four important vendor- and component-specific issues: an authentication bypass in SimpleHelp (CVE-2024-57727), an information-disclosure flaw in Flowise Cloud (CVE-2025-58434), an SSRF in the WordPress plugin Ditty (CVE-2025-8085), and a directory-traversal bug in Vite (CVE-2025-30208). These are paired with improvements to our generic detection coverage (SQLi, SSRF) to raise the baseline and reduce noisy gaps.

**Key Findings**

- SimpleHelp (CVE-2024-57727): Authentication bypass in SimpleHelp that can allow unauthorized access to management interfaces or sessions.
- Flowise Cloud (CVE-2025-58434): Information-disclosure vulnerability in Flowise Cloud that may expose sensitive configuration or user data to unauthenticated or low-privileged actors.
- WordPress:Plugin: Ditty (CVE-2025-8085): SSRF in the Ditty WordPress plugin enabling server-side requests that could reach internal services or cloud metadata endpoints.
- Vite (CVE-2025-30208): Directory-traversal vulnerability in Vite allowing access to filesystem paths outside the intended web root.

**Impact**

These vulnerabilities allow attackers to gain access, escalate privileges, or execute actions that were previously unavailable:

- SimpleHelp (CVE-2024-57727): An authentication bypass that can let unauthenticated attackers access management interfaces or hijack sessions — enabling lateral movement, credential theft, or privilege escalation within affected environments.
- Flowise Cloud (CVE-2025-58434): Information-disclosure flaw that can expose sensitive configuration, tokens, or user data; leaked secrets may be chained into account takeover or privileged access to backend services.
- WordPress:Plugin: Ditty (CVE-2025-8085): SSRF that enables server-side requests to internal services or cloud metadata endpoints, potentially allowing attackers to retrieve credentials or reach otherwise inaccessible infrastructure, leading to privilege escalation or cloud resource compromise.
- Vite (CVE-2025-30208): Directory-traversal vulnerability that can expose filesystem contents outside the web root (configuration files, keys, source code), which attackers can use to escalate privileges or further compromise systems.

| Ruleset | Rule ID | Legacy Rule ID | Description | Previous Action | New Action | Comments |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Cloudflare Managed Ruleset | ...8c2e30fb | 100717 | SimpleHelp - Auth Bypass - CVE:CVE-2024-57727 | Log | Block | This rule is merged to 100717 in legacy WAF and ...958094d3 in new WAF |
| Cloudflare Managed Ruleset | ...d58b886b | 100775 | Flowise Cloud - Information Disclosure - CVE:CVE-2025-58434 | Log | Block | This is a New Detection |
| Cloudflare Managed Ruleset | ...9bce1ff4 | 100881 | WordPress:Plugin:Ditty - SSRF - CVE:CVE-2025-8085 | Log | Block | This is a New Detection |
| Cloudflare Managed Ruleset | ...ddc329dd | 100887 | Vite - Directory Traversal - CVE:CVE-2025-30208 | Log | Block | This is a New Detection |

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