# CVE-2024-30256: Open WebUI vulnerable to server-side request forgery in utils.py

> Authenticated attackers can exploit a server-side request forgery flaw in Open WebUI to access internal resources or bypass security controls.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/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:** 16 Apr 2024
- **Updated:** 2 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-39wr-r5vm-3jxj

## What is CVE-2024-30256?

CVE-2024-30256 is a medium-severity server-side request forgery vulnerability in Openwebui Open Webui, published on 16 Apr 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Open WebUI is a user-friendly WebUI for LLMs. Open-webui is vulnerable to authenticated blind server-side request forgery. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.1.117.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-30256?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Openwebui Open Webui.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-30256?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-30256 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-30256 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-30256 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Openwebui Open Webui

- [CVE-2026-44551](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-44551/): Open WebUI: LDAP Empty Password Authentication Bypass (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2026-56400](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-56400/): open-webui - Remote Code Execution via CORS Misconfiguration and Session Validation (critical 9.0)
- [CVE-2024-8017](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8017/): Cross-site Scripting (XSS) in open-webui/open-webui (critical 9.0)
- [CVE-2026-45672](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-45672/): Open WebUI: Jupyter code execution works despite `ENABLE_CODE_EXECUTION=false` — feature gate bypassed (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2026-87995](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-87995/): Open WebUI: Same-origin XSS to account takeover via terminal port-preview iframe hardcoding allow-same-origin (high 8.7)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-30256 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-30256 is a medium-severity server-side request forgery vulnerability in Openwebui Open Webui, published on 16 Apr 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-30256 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Openwebui Open Webui. 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-2024-30256/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-30256/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-30256
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-30256
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-30256

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-30256/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.