CVE-2023-4624
NixOS vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability was discovered in GitHub repository bookstackapp/bookstack prior to version v23.08. The vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2023-4624 and was disclosed on August 30, 2023. This vulnerability affects the BookStack application, which is a self-hosted platform for organizing and storing information (NVD).

Technical details

The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 2.4 (LOW) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N. This indicates that the vulnerability requires high privileges and user interaction to exploit, with potential impact limited to confidentiality. The vulnerability is classified as CWE-918 (Server-Side Request Forgery) (NVD).

Impact

The SSRF vulnerability could potentially allow attackers to make unauthorized server-side requests through the application. The CVSS scoring indicates that successful exploitation could lead to limited information disclosure, though the overall impact is considered low due to the high privileges required for exploitation (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been patched in BookStack version 23.08. The fix includes the implementation of a new SSR allow list and validator functionality. Users should upgrade to this version or later to mitigate the vulnerability (Github Commit).

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