CVE-2026-53607 PUBLISHED

@apostrophecms/file pretty-URL Vulnerable to Unauthenticated SSRF via Host header

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 09.06.2026 Published: 12.06.2026 Updated: 12.06.2026

ApostropheCMS is an open-source Node.js content management system. In versions up to and including 4.30.0, when prettyUrls: true is enabled on @apostrophecms/file (a documented SEO feature for serving uploaded files at clean URLs), the public pretty-URL handler builds the upstream URL using the raw Host HTTP request header. That URL is then fetch'ed and the response body + headers are streamed straight back to the requester. Because Host is fully attacker-controlled, an unauthenticated remote attacker can pivot the apostrophe process to issue outbound HTTP requests against any host it can reach on the private network. The path component is constrained to /uploads/attachments/<cuid>-<slug>.<ext> (built from a local-DB lookup), which keeps the impact narrow: cross-instance data exfiltration is neutralized by cuid uniqueness, but blind-SSRF residuals remain (network-topology mapping via response-code / timing differences and verbose proxy/WAF 404 body disclosure). As of time of publication, no known patched versions exist.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CVSS Score: 3.7

Product Status

Vendor apostrophecms
Product apostrophe
Versions
  • Version <= 4.30.0 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-918: Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) CWE