Description

Flarum is an open source forum software. Flarum is affected by a vulnerability that allows an attacker to conduct a Blind Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) attack or disclose any file on the server, even with a basic user account on any Flarum forum. By uploading a file containing a URL and spoofing the MIME type, an attacker can manipulate the application to execute unintended actions. The vulnerability is due to the behavior of the `intervention/image` package, which attempts to interpret the supplied file contents as a URL, which then fetches its contents. This allows an attacker to exploit the vulnerability to perform SSRF attacks, disclose local file contents, or conduct a blind oracle attack. This has been patched in Flarum version 1.8.0. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade may disable PHP's `allow_url_fopen` which will prevent the fetching of external files via URLs as a temporary workaround for the SSRF aspect of the vulnerability.

Severity

 

CVSS Version 3.x CVSS Version 2.0

CVSS 3.x Severity and Metrics:

CNA:  GitHub, Inc.

Base Score:  7.1 HIGH

Vector:  CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N

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CVSS 2.0 Severity and Metrics:

NIST: NVD

Base Score: N/A

NVD assessment not yet provided.

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Hyperlink	Resource
https://github.com/flarum/framework/commit/d1059c1cc79fe61f9538f3da55e8f42abbede570	Patch
https://github.com/flarum/framework/security/advisories/GHSA-67c6-q4j4-hccg	Vendor Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-918	Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)	GitHub, Inc.

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Change History

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Initial Analysis by NIST 8/25/2023 2:10:15 PM

Action	Type	Old Value	New Value
Added	CPE Configuration		OR *cpe:2.3:a:flarum:flarum:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 1.8.0
Added	CVSS V3.1		NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
Changed	Reference Type	https://github.com/flarum/framework/commit/d1059c1cc79fe61f9538f3da55e8f42abbede570 No Types Assigned	https://github.com/flarum/framework/commit/d1059c1cc79fe61f9538f3da55e8f42abbede570 Patch
Changed	Reference Type	https://github.com/flarum/framework/security/advisories/GHSA-67c6-q4j4-hccg No Types Assigned	https://github.com/flarum/framework/security/advisories/GHSA-67c6-q4j4-hccg Vendor Advisory