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GHSA-WVWC-5CJJ-52F5

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-12-16 18:31 – Updated: 2025-12-16 18:31

Details

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.

Severity ?

9.8 (Critical)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

5.1 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N

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CVE-2023-53899 (GCVE-0-2023-53899)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-12-16 17:03 – Updated: 2025-12-16 21:42

Summary

Severity ?

0 (None)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N

9.8 (Critical)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE

CWE-918 - Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

Assigner

VulnCheck

References

URL

Tags

	https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/51565	exploit
	https://podcastgenerator.net/	product
	https://github.com/PodcastGenerator/PodcastGenerator	product
	https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/podcastgener…	third-party-advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	Unknown	Unknown	Affected: Unknown

Credits

Mirabbas Ağalarov

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-WVWC-5CJJ-52F5

CVE-2023-53899 (GCVE-0-2023-53899)

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