CVE-2025-71259 BMC FootPrints ITSM 20.20.02 <= 20.24.01.001 Blind SSRF in externalfeed/RSS
Authenticated attackers can trigger arbitrary outbound requests via the RSS API, potentially accessing internal services or causing resource exhaustion.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-71259?
CVE-2025-71259 is a medium-severity server-side request forgery vulnerability in BMC Software, Inc. FootPrints, published on 19 Mar 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
BMC FootPrints ITSM versions 20.20.02 through 20.24.01.001 contain a blind server-side request forgery vulnerability in the externalfeed/RSS API component that allows authenticated attackers to trigger arbitrary outbound requests from the server. Attackers can exploit insufficient validation of externally supplied resource references to interact with internal services or cause resource exhaustion impacting availability. The following hotfixes remediate the vulnerability: 20.20.02, 20.20.03.002, 20.21.01.001, 20.21.02.002, 20.22.01, 20.22.01.001, 20.23.01, 20.23.01.002, and 20.24.01.
Weakness: CWE-918
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-71259?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Bmc Footprints.
How do I fix CVE-2025-71259?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-71259 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-2025-71259 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-71259 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Nuclei template.
Other vulnerabilities in BMC Software, Inc. FootPrints
Sources
Also known as GHSA-787q-47vg-6mqr.