Canto
CVE-2022-40305
CRITICAL
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V4 - API and Web Service URL allowlisting, SSRF prevention
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 2 tactics: Initial Access, Credential Access The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, no user interaction not required. Public proof-of-concept exploit code is available. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A remote attacker could make the server perform requests to unintended internal or external resources by sending crafted requests to the affected application. No authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. |
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A Server-Side Request Forgery issue in Canto Cumulus through 11.1.3 allows attackers to enumerate the internal network, overload network resources, and possibly have unspecified other impact via the. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Validate and allowlist destination URLs, block requests to internal networks, use network segmentation.
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Technical ContextAI · show details
This vulnerability is classified as Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) (CWE-918), which allows attackers to make the server perform requests to unintended internal or external resources. A Server-Side Request Forgery issue in Canto Cumulus through 11.1.3 allows attackers to enumerate the internal network, overload network resources, and possibly have unspecified other impact via the server parameter to the /cwc/login login form. Affected products include: Canto. Version information: through 11.1.3.
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AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionNVD
A Server-Side Request Forgery issue in Canto Cumulus through 11.1.3 allows attackers to enumerate the internal network, overload network resources, and possibly have unspecified other impact via the server parameter to the /cwc/login login form.
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Attack Technique
Server-Side Request Forgery exploits applications that fetch remote resources based on user-supplied URLs.
Affected Products (CPE)NVD
The Canto plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Remote File Inclusion in versions up to, and including, 3.0.4 via the 'w
The Canto plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Remote File Inclusion in all versions up to, and including, 3.0.8 via th
canto_curses/guibase.py in Canto Curses before 0.9.0 allows remote feed servers to execute arbitrary commands via shell
Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') vulnerability in Canto Inc. Rated critical severity (CVSS 10.0
The Canto plugin for WordPress (versions up to 3.1.1) contains a critical missing authorization vulnerability in the cop
The Canto plugin 1.3.0 for WordPress contains a blind SSRF vulnerability. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.3), this vulnera
The Canto plugin 1.3.0 for WordPress allows includes/lib/download.php?subdomain= SSRF. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.2), t
The Canto plugin 1.3.0 for WordPress contains blind SSRF vulnerability. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.3), this vulnerabi
The Canto plugin 1.3.0 for WordPress contains blind SSRF vulnerability. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.3), this vulnerabi
Authenticated attackers with subscriber-level WordPress access can bypass capability checks in the Canto plugin (version
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