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medium 6.5

CVE-2021-23718 json

Server-side Request Forgery (SSRF)

published 4y ago modified 4mo ago also GHSA-6gww-qpm6-mc2g , EUVD-2021-2458

cvss
6.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.6%
EPSS 1.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 76%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The package ssrf-agent before 1.0.5 are vulnerable to Server-side Request Forgery (SSRF) via the defaultIpChecker function. It fails to properly validate if the IP requested is private.

Patch / fix

  • npm ssrf-agent 1.0.5
  • n/a ssrf-agent 1.0.5

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Exploit prediction

1.62% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 76% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • snyk.io https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-SSRFAGENT-1584362 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:P
CNA 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
GitHub 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
npm ssrf-agent
<1.0.5
1.0.5

Affected products

  • n/a ssrf-agent

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-918 Server-Side Request Forgery

References

Sources

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