FKIE_CVE-2023-53899

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2025-12-16 17:16 - Updated: 2025-12-18 15:08
Severity ?
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
PodcastGenerator 3.2.9 contains a blind server-side request forgery vulnerability that allows attackers to inject XML in the episode upload form. Attackers can manipulate the 'shortdesc' parameter to trigger external HTTP requests to arbitrary endpoints during podcast episode creation.
References
disclosure@vulncheck.comhttps://github.com/PodcastGenerator/PodcastGenerator
disclosure@vulncheck.comhttps://podcastgenerator.net/
disclosure@vulncheck.comhttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/51565
disclosure@vulncheck.comhttps://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/podcastgenerator-blind-server-side-request-forgery-via-xml-injection
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  "lastModified": "2025-12-18T15:08:06.237",
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