# CVE-2020-11452: Server-side request forgery in n/a

> Attackers can exploit file import features to perform Server-Side Request Forgery and read local files via file:// protocol.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 2 Apr 2020
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-8qgf-rx2m-g577

## What is CVE-2020-11452?

CVE-2020-11452 is a medium-severity server-side request forgery vulnerability in n/a, published on 2 Apr 2020. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Microstrategy Web 10.4 includes functionality to allow users to import files or data from external resources such as URLs or databases. By providing an external URL under attacker control, it's possible to send requests to external resources (aka SSRF) or leak files from the local system using the file:// stream wrapper.

Weakness: CWE-918 (Server-Side Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-11452?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Microstrategy Microstrategy Web.

## How do I fix CVE-2020-11452?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-11452 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2020-11452 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-11452 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2020-22983](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-22983/): Server-side request forgery in n/a (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2020-11450](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-11450/): Information disclosure in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2020-11451](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-11451/): File upload in n/a (high 7.2)
- [CVE-2019-12453](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-12453/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2019-12475](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-12475/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (medium 6.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2020-11452 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2020-11452 is a medium-severity server-side request forgery vulnerability in n/a, published on 2 Apr 2020. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-11452 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-11452/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-11452/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-11452
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-11452
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-11452

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-11452/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.