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RSSHub SSRF vulnerability

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published Jan 11, 2023 in DIYgod/RSSHub • Updated Jan 23, 2023

Package

npm rsshub (npm)

Affected versions

< 1.0.0-master.a66cbcf

Patched versions

1.0.0-master.a66cbcf

Description

Summary

RSSHub is vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) attacks. This vulnerability allows an attacker to send arbitrary HTTP requests from the server to other servers or resources on the network.

Description

An attacker can exploit this vulnerability by sending a request to the affected routes with a malicious URL. For example, if an attacker controls the ATTACKER.HOST domain, they can send a request to affected routes with the value set to ATTACKER.HOST%2F%23.
The %2F and %23 characters are URL-encoded versions of the forward-slash (/) and pound (#) characters, respectively. In this context, an attacker could use those characters to append the base URL (i.e. https://${input}.defined.host) to be modified to https://ATTACKER.HOST/#.defined.host. This will cause the server to send a request to the attacker-controlled domain, allowing the attacker to potentially gain access to sensitive information or perform further attacks on the server.

Impact

An attacker could use this vulnerability to send requests to internal or any other servers or resources on the network, potentially gain access to sensitive information that would not normally be accessible and amplifying the impact of the attack.

Reference

Fixing PR: DIYgod/RSSHub#11588

References

@DIYgod DIYgod published to DIYgod/RSSHub Jan 11, 2023
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Jan 11, 2023
Reviewed Jan 11, 2023
Published by the National Vulnerability Database Jan 13, 2023
Last updated Jan 23, 2023

Severity

High
8.8
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2023-22493

GHSA ID

GHSA-64wp-jh9p-5cg2

Source code

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