Risk | Medium |
Patch available | YES |
Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
CVE-ID | CVE-2020-13663 |
CWE-ID | CWE-918 |
Exploitation vector | Network |
Public exploit | N/A |
Vulnerable software |
Backdrop CMS Web applications / CMS |
Vendor | Backdrop CMS |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.
EUVDB-ID: #VU29135
Risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: 2.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-13663
CWE-ID:
CWE-918 - Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform SSRF attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request and trick the application to initiate requests to arbitrary systems.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker gain access to sensitive data, located in the local network or send malicious requests to other servers from the vulnerable system.
MitigationInstall update from vendor's website.
Backdrop CMS: 1.15.0 - 1.16.1
CPE2.3 External linkshttps://backdropcms.org/security/backdrop-sa-core-2020-004
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.