# CVE-2023-47619: Audiobookshelf Server-Side Request Forgery and Arbitrary File Read Vulnerability

> Users with update permissions can read arbitrary files and perform server-side request forgery, leading to information disclosure.

- **Severity:** High 8.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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:** 13 Dec 2023
- **Updated:** 22 May 2025

## What is CVE-2023-47619?

CVE-2023-47619 is a high-severity server-side request forgery vulnerability in advplyr audiobookshelf, published on 13 Dec 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Audiobookshelf is a self-hosted audiobook and podcast server. In versions 2.4.3 and prior, users with the update permission are able to read arbitrary files, delete arbitrary files and send a GET request to arbitrary URLs and read the response. This issue may lead to Information Disclosure. As of time of publication, no patches are available.

Weakness: CWE-918 (Server-Side Request Forgery), CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-47619?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Audiobookshelf Audiobookshelf.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-47619?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-47619 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-47619 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-47619 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in advplyr audiobookshelf

- [CVE-2025-57800](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-57800/): Audiobookshelf vulnerable to OIDC token exfiltration and account takeover (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2025-25205](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-25205/): Remote Authentication-Bypass can lead to server crash or limited information disclosure due to faulty pattern matching (high 8.2)
- [CVE-2023-47624](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-47624/): Audiobookshelf Arbitrary File Read Vulnerability (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2025-46338](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-46338/): Audiobookshelf Vulnerable to Cross-Site-Scripting Reflected via POST Request in /api/upload (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2024-43797](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-43797/): Path Traversal in audiobookshelf (medium 6.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-47619 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-47619 is a high-severity server-side request forgery vulnerability in advplyr audiobookshelf, published on 13 Dec 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-47619 exists.

Affected product: advplyr audiobookshelf. 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-2023-47619/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-47619/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-47619
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-47619
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-47619

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-47619/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.