Audiobookshelf vulnerable to Blind SSRF in `podcastUtils.js`

published 2023-12-27 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-56397

cvss: 4.3; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.3%; EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 28%
public exploits: 0; none known

Audiobookshelf is a self-hosted audiobook and podcast server. Prior to 2.7.0, Audiobookshelf is vulnerable to unauthenticated blind server-side request (SSRF) vulnerability in `podcastUtils.js`. This vulnerability has been addressed in version 2.7.0. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1 links 1

audiobookshelf audiobookshelf 2.7.0

github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf@f2f2ea1 commit

Exploit prediction

0.35% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 28% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	4.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD	3.1	7.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected products

advplyr audiobookshelf

Classification

Weakness

CWE-918 Server-Side Request Forgery

References

github.com /advplyr/audiobookshelf/commit/f2f2ea161ca0701e1405e737b0df0f96296e4f64
patch
github.com /advplyr/audiobookshelf/security/advisories/GHSA-jhjx-c3wx-q2x7
third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2023-51697
NVD CVE-2023-51697

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Summary