Audiobookshelf Server-Side Request Forgery and Arbitrary File Read Vulnerability

published 2023-12-13 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-51730

cvss: 8.1; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.6%; EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 49%
public exploits: 0; none known

Audiobookshelf is a self-hosted audiobook and podcast server. In versions 2.4.3 and prior, users with the update permission are able to read arbitrary files, delete arbitrary files and send a GET request to arbitrary URLs and read the response. This issue may lead to Information Disclosure. As of time of publication, no patches are available.

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: Proof of concept is public
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 17 mo ago (2025-05-22)

Exploit prediction

0.61% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 49% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

securitylab.github.com https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2023-203_GHSL-2023-204_audiobookshelf/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	8.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
NVD	3.1	6.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected products

advplyr audiobookshelf

Classification

Weakness

CWE-918 Server-Side Request Forgery
CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

References

securitylab.github.com /advisories/GHSL-2023-203_GHSL-2023-204_audiobookshelf/
exploit, third-party-advisory
github.com /advplyr/audiobookshelf/blob/d7b2476473ef1934eedec41425837cddf2d4b13e/server/controllers/AuthorController.js#L
product

Sources

CVE List CVE-2023-47619
NVD CVE-2023-47619

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Summary