CVE-2023-40148 PingFederate Server Side Request Forgery vulnerability
Unauthenticated attackers can send forged HTTP POST requests to attack internal network resources and exhaust server resources.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2023-40148?
CVE-2023-40148 is a medium-severity server-side request forgery vulnerability in PingFederate, published on 10 Apr 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Server-side request forgery (SSRF) in PingFederate allows unauthenticated http requests to attack network resources and consume server-side resources via forged HTTP POST requests.
Weakness: CWE-918
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-40148?
How do I fix CVE-2023-40148?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-40148 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and send outbound requests through an allow-list that blocks internal addresses. More about Server-side request forgery.
Is CVE-2023-40148 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-40148 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-w6vh-49p9-j7c9.