Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessReach exposed /downloadfile endpoint
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DeliveryCraft body with internal/metadata URL
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ExploitSet isInJwtToken to mark request DIRECT
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ExecutionBypass private-IP filtering agent
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PersistServer fetches internal resource
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ImpactMetadata/credentials proxied to attacker
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. |
| Exploitation Conditions | Exploitation requires the DocumentServer to expose the /downloadfile/:docid endpoint and to have JWT verification disabled - which, per the description, is the DEFAULT configuration, so no operator misconfiguration is needed. The attacker must be able to submit a request body setting the isInJwtToken flag so the server treats the fetch as a DIRECT request, skipping the private-address request-filtering-agent. Limiting factors: instances where JWT verification/signing has been explicitly ENABLED (a common hardening step in production integrations such as Nextcloud) are not exploitable via this path, and impact is bounded to data the server can reach and proxy back (internal services and cloud metadata); there is no direct code execution or integrity/availability impact. The highest-value targets are cloud-hosted instances where the metadata service exposes IAM credentials. |
| Impact | This is a genuine but moderate-priority issue rather than a critical emergency. The CVSS 4.0 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N) confirms network-reachable, low-complexity, unauthenticated exploitation, but the impact is constrained to subsequent-system confidentiality only (SC:L, with VC:N/VI:N/VA:N and SI:N/SA:N), which matches the SSRF nature (CWE-918): the attacker reads/proxies back data, not full compromise of the DocumentServer itself. Notably, the vendor vector includes AT:P (an attack requirement), yet the description states the flawed code path is reachable in the DEFAULT configuration when JWT verification is disabled - this is a mild internal conflict: the 'requirement' (JWT verification off) is actually the shipped default, so real-world reachability is higher than AT:P alone implies. No EPSS score, no CISA KEV listing, and no public POC are present in the input, so this is 'no public exploit identified at time of analysis'; the finding was reported by VulnCheck (a credible research source) and a vendor patch (v10.0.0) exists. The headline risk is SSRF against cloud metadata endpoints (e.g., 169.254.169.254), which can escalate to credential theft in cloud deployments even though the raw CVSS impact is rated low - defenders in AWS/GCP/Azure environments should treat the effective severity as higher than 6.3 suggests. Absence of EPSS/KEV/POC signals means widespread automated exploitation is not yet demonstrated. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A remote, unauthenticated attacker sends a crafted POST to the /downloadfile/:docid endpoint of an internet-exposed ONLYOFFICE DocumentServer running the default (JWT-verification-disabled) configuration, placing an internal or loopback URL (such as the cloud metadata service) in the request body. Because the isInJwtToken flag causes the request to be treated as DIRECT, the private-address request-filtering-agent is skipped, and the server fetches the URL and proxies the response back to the attacker. This enables reconnaissance of the internal network and theft of cloud instance metadata/credentials. No public exploit code is identified at time of analysis, but the technique is straightforward given the described default-config reachability. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 14, 2026
Server-side request forgery in ONLYOFFICE DocumentServer before 10.0.0 lets unauthenticated remote attackers coerce the server into fetching arbitrary internal, loopback, and cloud-metadata URLs through the /downloadfile/:docid endpoint and proxy the responses back to the requester. The flaw is reachable in the default configuration because JWT verification is disabled out of the box and a crafted request body setting the isInJwtToken flag causes the fetch to be processed as a DIRECT request, skipping the private-address request-filtering-agent; instances that have explicitly enabled JWT verification are not exploitable through this path. No public exploit code has been identified at time of analysis and the issue is not listed in CISA KEV, but the highest-value impact is on cloud-hosted deployments where reachable metadata services can expose IAM credentials, making this a genuine but moderate-priority issue (CVSS 6.3) rather than a critical emergency.
RemediationAI
Upgrade ONLYOFFICE DocumentServer to 10.0.0 or later, which is the vendor-released fix for this issue (release notes at https://github.com/ONLYOFFICE/DocumentServer/releases/tag/v10.0.0, changelog at https://github.com/ONLYOFFICE/DocumentServer/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#1000). If immediate upgrade is not possible, the single most effective mitigation is to enable JWT verification/signing on DocumentServer and configure the matching secret in every integrated client (for example Nextcloud, ownCloud, or custom integrations): this closes the vulnerable path because the DIRECT/inJwtToken handling is only reachable when JWT verification is disabled, but the trade-off is that any client not updated with the shared secret will break, so coordinate rollout across integrations. As a compensating network control, block outbound traffic from the DocumentServer host to RFC1918 ranges, loopback, and the link-local metadata address 169.254.169.254 (and enforce IMDSv2-only access on AWS) - this limits exfiltration if the application-layer filter is bypassed, at the cost of breaking any legitimate internal integrations the server relies on. Additionally, restrict network access to the /downloadfile/:docid endpoint so only trusted integration clients can reach it, and monitor for outbound requests originating from DocumentServer to metadata or internal service addresses. Refer to the VulnCheck advisory (https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/onlyoffice-documentserver-before-ssrf-via-downloadfile-isinjwttoken-bypass) for the specific request pattern to hunt for in logs.
Affected VersionsENISA
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
The vulnerability is a classic server-side request forgery (CWE-918) in ONLYOFFICE DocumentServer's file-download handling. The affected endpoint, /downloadfile/:docid, performs a server-side fetch of a URL supplied in the request body and then proxies the fetched content back to the caller. DocumentServer protects outbound fetches with a request-filtering-agent that blocks requests to private, loopback, and link-local address ranges. The /downloadfile path, however, honours an isInJwtToken flag in the submitted body that marks the download as an internal/DIRECT request; when that flag is set and JWT verification is not enforced, the request-filtering-agent is bypassed entirely, so attacker-controlled internal URLs - including 169.254.169.254 and RFC1918/link-local targets - are fetched and returned. Because JWT verification is disabled in the default configuration, no authentication or token is required. The CVSS 4.0 vector (AV:N/PR:N/UI:N/AT:P) and the analogous CVSS 3.1 assessment (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N) both agree on network reachability without privileges and no integrity or availability impact; the low confidentiality impact and changed scope reflect that only data the server itself can reach is exfiltrated, while the 'attack requirements present' metric captures the dependency on JWT verification being disabled. The underlying technology is the Node.js/Express-based DocumentServer download proxy and its URL-filtering agent, and the primary exposure is credential theft from cloud instance metadata services.
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CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N
Network, low-complexity, unauthenticated (PR:N, default JWT-off config), no user interaction; scope changes (S:C) as the server reaches other systems, with confidentiality-only impact (C:L) and no integrity/availability effect.
Primary rating from Vendor (VulnCheck).
CVSS VectorVendor: VulnCheck
DescriptionCVE.org
ONLYOFFICE DocumentServer before 10.0.0 contains an unauthenticated server-side request forgery vulnerability in the /downloadfile/:docid endpoint that allows remote attackers to bypass the private-IP request-filtering-agent by exploiting the isInJwtToken flag when JWT verification is disabled in the default configuration. Attackers can submit a crafted request body containing an internal or loopback URL, which is treated as a DIRECT request skipping private-address filtering, causing the server to fetch and proxy back arbitrary private-network and cloud metadata content.
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Attack Technique
Server-Side Request Forgery exploits applications that fetch remote resources based on user-supplied URLs.
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EUVD-2026-101034
GHSA-hfqc-w8rp-668p
NVD
CVE.org
EPSS
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