Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-3188

SSRF in Owncast Project Owncast ≤ 0.1.0

Public PoCSSRF
Published
10 June 2023
Modified
21 November 2024
Patch / advisory
CVSS Score v3.1 6.5
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS Score 0.014 69th percentile
Risk Priority 73 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2023-3188 is a medium-severity SSRF (CWE-918) vulnerability in Owncast Project Owncast. Its CVSS base score is 6.5 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked in the top 31% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

Deeper analysis AI-assisted summary

Synthesised by an AI model from the NVD description and linked references — a reading aid, not an authoritative source.

CVE-2023-3188 is a Server-Side Request Forgery vulnerability (CWE-918) affecting the Owncast GitHub repository prior to version 0.1.0. The flaw received a CVSS 3.1 score of 6.5 and permits an attacker to induce the server into making unauthorized requests to internal or external resources.

An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit the issue over the network with low complexity to obtain limited read and write access to resources reachable by the Owncast server. Successful exploitation does not require user interaction and can result in information disclosure or limited modification of server-reachable targets.

The referenced commit f40135dbf28093864482f9662c23e478ea192b16 in the Owncast repository addresses the SSRF condition, and the associated huntr.dev report confirms that updating to version 0.1.0 or later mitigates the exposure. The EPSS score has reached 0.5449 without an indicated rise from a lower baseline.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) in GitHub repository owncast/owncast prior to 0.1.0.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

CVEs Like This One

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CVE-2025-46568Shared CWE-918
CVE-2024-51408Shared CWE-918
CVE-2026-15525Shared CWE-918
CVE-2025-28089Shared CWE-918
CVE-2024-37359Shared CWE-918
CVE-2026-15143Shared CWE-918
CVE-2026-39843Shared CWE-918

Affected Assets

owncast project
owncast
≤ 0.1.0

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)

Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)

Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)
  • V1.3.6
  • V1.5.3
  • V5.3.2
  • V10.4.7

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.

addresses: CWE-918

Penetration testing attempts server-side requests to internal resources, identifying SSRF weaknesses for remediation.

addresses: CWE-918

Outbound connections to external resources can be monitored and limited at the boundary, reducing SSRF impact.

addresses: CWE-918

Validates server-side URLs and resource references to block SSRF attempts.

addresses: CWE-918

Detects server-side request forgery through monitoring of unexpected outbound connections.

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.PS-06 mostly match
prevents

Secure development practices directly include input validation and destination allow-listing that prevent SSRF.

DE.CM-09 partial match
prevents

Runtime monitoring of web applications and services can detect anomalous outbound requests indicative of SSRF.

ID.RA-01 partial match
prevents

Vulnerability identification processes can discover and record SSRF flaws in web applications.

PR.IR-01 partial match
prevents

Network segmentation and egress controls can limit the damage from successful SSRF requests.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

prevents

Operational threat data describing SSRF campaigns can be used to tighten outbound-request allow-lists and detection rules before attackers exploit them.

References