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CVE-2025-25194 Detail

Description

Lemmy, a link aggregator and forum for the fediverse, is vulnerable to server-side request forgery via a dependency on activitypub_federation, a framework for ActivityPub federation in Rust. This vulnerability, which is present in versions 0.6.2 and prior of activitypub_federation and versions 0.19.8 and prior of Lemmy, allows a user to bypass any predefined hardcoded URL path or security anti-Localhost mechanism and perform an arbitrary GET request to any Host, Port and URL using a Webfinger Request. As of time of publication, a fix has not been made available.


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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

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Hyperlink Resource
https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/security/advisories/GHSA-7723-35v7-qcxw

Weakness Enumeration

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

Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2025-25194
NVD Published Date:
02/10/2025
NVD Last Modified:
02/10/2025
Source:
GitHub, Inc.