THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2017-18638
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2017-18638

Graphite vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
16.9%
EPSS pct
97th
Exploited
No known
send_email in graphite-web/webapp/graphite/composer/views.py in Graphite through 1.1.5 is vulnerable to SSRF. The vulnerable SSRF endpoint can be used by an attacker to have the Graphite web server request any resource. The response to this SSRF request is encoded into an image file and then sent to an e-mail address that can be supplied by the attacker. Thus, an attacker can exfiltrate any information.
Affected vendor
Graphite Project
Affected product
Graphite
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-918 — Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)
Published
2019-10-11

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality.

Its EPSS score of 16.9% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 97% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2017-18638

  • Confirm whether Graphite Project Graphite is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2017-18638.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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