VuFind Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability

published 2024-05-22 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-fwhc-mm9q-mqq8 , EUVD-2024-1609

cvss: 5.4; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.4%; EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 39%
public exploits: 0; none known

A Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in the /Cover/Show route (showAction in CoverController.php) in Open Library Foundation VuFind 2.4 through 9.1 before 9.1.1 allows remote attackers to access internal HTTP servers and perform Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks by proxying arbitrary URLs via the proxy GET parameter.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1 links 2

packagist vufind/vufind 9.1.1

github.com/vufind-org/vufind@345d00f commit
github.com/vufind-org/vufind@51f2dda commit

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 2 y ago (2024-07-29)

Exploit prediction

0.45% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 39% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CISA ADP	3.1	6.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CNA	3.1	5.4	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
GitHub	3.1	9.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem	package	affected	fixed in
packagist	vufind/vufind	>=2.4, <9.1.1	9.1.1

Classification

Weakness

CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
CWE-918 Server-Side Request Forgery

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

Summary