# CVE-2024-12392: Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) in binary-husky/gpt_academic

> Attackers can exploit incomplete URL validation in the paper download feature to access internal services and read sensitive server-side data.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/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:** 20 Mar 2025
- **Updated:** 20 Mar 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-5mh3-rhm7-jxx3

## What is CVE-2024-12392?

CVE-2024-12392 is a medium-severity server-side request forgery vulnerability in binary-husky/gpt_academic, published on 20 Mar 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability exists in binary-husky/gpt_academic version git 310122f. The application has a functionality to download papers from arxiv.org, but the URL validation is incomplete. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to make the application access any URL, including internal services, and read the response. This can be used to access data that are only accessible from the server, such as AWS metadata credentials, and can escalate local exploits to network-based attacks.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-12392?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Binary-Husky Gpt Academic.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-12392?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-12392 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-12392 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-12392 exists.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-12392 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-12392 is a medium-severity server-side request forgery vulnerability in binary-husky/gpt_academic, published on 20 Mar 2025. 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-2024-12392 exists.

Affected product: binary-husky/gpt_academic. 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-2024-12392/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-12392/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-12392
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-12392
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-12392

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Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.