CVE-2020-24140
Published: 07 April 2021
Summary
CVE-2020-24140 is a high-severity SSRF (CWE-918) vulnerability in Wcms Wcms. Its CVSS base score is 8.3 (High).
Operationally, ranked at the 48.0th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2020-16876
Vulnerability details
Server-side request forgery in Wcms 0.3.2 let an attacker send crafted requests from the back-end server of a vulnerable web application via the pagename parameter to wex/html.php. It can help identify open ports, local network hosts and execute command on…
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local services.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Penetration testing attempts server-side requests to internal resources, identifying SSRF weaknesses for remediation.
Outbound connections to external resources can be monitored and limited at the boundary, reducing SSRF impact.
Validates server-side URLs and resource references to block SSRF attempts.
Detects server-side request forgery through monitoring of unexpected outbound connections.