# CVE-2023-50786: Server-side request forgery in Dradis

> An authorized user can force the application to fetch external images, potentially stealing Net-NTLM hashes from other users on Windows networks.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 5 Jul 2025
- **Updated:** 7 Jul 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-2chh-r2hc-8q2g

## What is CVE-2023-50786?

CVE-2023-50786 is a medium-severity server-side request forgery vulnerability in dradisframework Dradis, published on 5 Jul 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Dradis through 4.16.0 allows referencing external images (resources) over HTTPS, instead of forcing the use of embedded (uploaded) images. This can be leveraged by an authorized author to attempt to steal the Net-NTLM hashes of other authors on a Windows domain network.

Weakness: CWE-294 (Authentication Bypass by Capture-replay)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-50786?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Dradisframework Dradis.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-50786?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-50786 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-50786 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-50786 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in dradisframework Dradis

- [CVE-2023-31223](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-31223/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (high 8.7)
- [CVE-2019-19946](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-19946/): Missing authorization in n/a (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2022-30028](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-30028/): Race condition in n/a (medium 5.9)
- [CVE-2019-5925](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-5925/): Cross-site scripting in Dradis Community Edition and Dradis Professional Edition (medium 5.4)
- [CVE-2023-50458](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-50458/): Information disclosure in Dradis (low 3.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-50786 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-50786 is a medium-severity server-side request forgery vulnerability in dradisframework Dradis, published on 5 Jul 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-50786 exists.

Affected product: dradisframework Dradis. 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-2023-50786/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-50786/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-50786
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-50786
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-50786

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-50786/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.