Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) Affecting rsshub package, versions <1.0.0-master.a429472


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    Exploit Maturity
    Proof of concept
    EPSS
    0.06% (28th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JS-RSSHUB-6417982
  • published 7 Mar 2024
  • disclosed 6 Mar 2024
  • credit Yufan You

How to fix?

Upgrade rsshub to version 1.0.0-master.a429472 or higher.

Overview

rsshub is a Make RSS Great Again!

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) due to improper validation of user-supplied URLs in several endpoints. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to use the server as a proxy for sending HTTP GET requests to arbitrary destinations, potentially leading to information disclosure from the internal network or facilitating Denial-of-Service (DoS) attacks by causing the server to request large files or chaining multiple requests.

References

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

Recommended
6.5 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    Low
  • Integrity (I)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    Low