# CVE-2026-41461: SocialEngine <= 7.8.0 Blind SSRF via /core/link/preview

> Authenticated attackers can exploit a blind SSRF vulnerability in SocialEngine to enumerate internal networks and access restricted services via the link preview feature.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.3 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:H/SI:L/SA: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:** 23 Apr 2026
- **Updated:** 14 Jul 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-52hx-rfr8-r5hg

## What is CVE-2026-41461?

CVE-2026-41461 is a medium-severity server-side request forgery vulnerability in SocialEngine, published on 23 Apr 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

SocialEngine versions 7.8.0 and prior contain a blind server-side request forgery vulnerability in the /core/link/preview endpoint where user-supplied input passed via the uri request parameter is not sanitized before being used to construct outbound HTTP requests. Authenticated remote attackers can supply arbitrary URLs including internal network addresses and loopback addresses to cause the server to issue HTTP requests to attacker-controlled destinations, enabling internal network enumeration and access to services not intended to be externally reachable.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-41461?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Socialengine Socialengine.

## How do I fix CVE-2026-41461?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-41461 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-41461 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-41461 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in SocialEngine

- [CVE-2026-41460](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-41460/): SocialEngine <= 7.8.0 SQL Injection via activity/index/get-memberall (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2008-6120](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-6120/): SQL injection in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2008-6121](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-6121/): Other in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2009-0400](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-0400/): SQL injection in n/a (medium 6.8)
- [CVE-2012-6721](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-6721/): Cross-site request forgery in n/a (medium 6.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-41461 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-41461 is a medium-severity server-side request forgery vulnerability in SocialEngine, published on 23 Apr 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-41461 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: SocialEngine. 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-2026-41461/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-41461/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-41461
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-41461
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-41461

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-41461/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.