CVE-2021-47958 (GCVE-0-2021-47958)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-15 18:36 – Updated: 2026-05-15 22:56
VLAI
Title
CouchCMS 2.2.1 Server-Side Request Forgery via SVG upload
Summary
CouchCMS 2.2.1 contains a server-side request forgery vulnerability that allows authenticated attackers to make arbitrary HTTP requests by uploading malicious SVG files. Attackers can upload SVG files containing external entity references through the browse.php endpoint to access internal services and resources.
Severity
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L
4.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-918 - Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
CouchCMS CouchCMS Affected: 2.2.1
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Date Public
2021-01-25 00:00
Credits
xxcdd
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