CVE-2023-42450 (GCVE-0-2023-42450)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-09-19 15:53 – Updated: 2025-06-18 14:28
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Title
Mastodon Server-Side Request Forgery vulnerability
Summary
Mastodon is a free, open-source social network server based on ActivityPub. Starting in version 4.2.0-beta1 and prior to version 4.2.0-rc2, by crafting specific input, attackers can inject arbitrary data into HTTP requests issued by Mastodon. This can be used to perform confused deputy attacks if the server configuration includes `ALLOWED_PRIVATE_ADDRESSES` to allow access to local exploitable services. Version 4.2.0-rc2 has a patch for the issue.
Severity ?
5.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-918 - Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)
  • CWE-113 - Improper Neutralization of CRLF Sequences in HTTP Headers ('HTTP Request/Response Splitting')
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References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
mastodon mastodon Affected: >= 4.2.0-beta1, < 4.2.0-rc2
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