Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) in CarrierWave - CVE-2021-21288
Published: February 15, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU50706
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-21288
CWE-ID: CWE-918
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform SSRF attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input in the download feature. 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.
Affected software
CarrierWave
How to mitigate CVE-2021-21288
Install updates from vendor's website.
CarrierWave - addressed in versions 1.3.2, 2.1.1
External References
- https://github.com/carrierwaveuploader/carrierwave/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#132---2021-02-08
- https://github.com/carrierwaveuploader/carrierwave/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#211---2021-02-08
- https://github.com/carrierwaveuploader/carrierwave/commit/012702eb3ba1663452aa025831caa304d1a665c0
- https://github.com/carrierwaveuploader/carrierwave/security/advisories/GHSA-fwcm-636p-68r5
- https://rubygems.org/gems/carrierwave/