SB20240731216 - Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) in cBioPortal
Published: July 31, 2024
Breakdown by Severity
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-41668)
CWE-ID: CWE-918 - Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
The 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.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://github.com/cBioPortal/cbioportal/security/advisories/GHSA-9h44-r3c3-q7rm
- https://github.com/cBioPortal/cbioportal/pull/10884
- https://github.com/cBioPortal/cbioportal/commit/ea8642fdbda2d61d2ab34b9da7a1594680bbbcd5
- https://github.com/cBioPortal/cbioportal/releases/tag/v6.0.12
- https://www.wizlynxgroup.com/security-research-advisories/vuln/WLX-2024-004