Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessAuthenticate with low-privilege account
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DeliverySubmit crafted URL to Remote Download
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Exploitrequest_url_safe fetches attacker URL
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ExecutionServer issues forged internal request
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ImpactRetrieve internal resource or map network
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 | Requires an authenticated low-privilege account on KodExplorer (PR:L in the CVSS vector) and use of the Remote Download feature, which passes a user-supplied URL to the request_url_safe function in app/function/web.function.php; the server then fetches that URL, enabling SSRF. Limiting factors: the attacker must first hold valid credentials (not unauthenticated), the Remote Download functionality must be reachable/enabled, and the target must be KodExplorer version 4.56 or earlier. The precise mechanism by which request_url_safe fails to restrict the destination is not described in the available sources. |
| Impact | This is a medium-severity, authenticated server-side request forgery (CWE-918) in KodExplorer's Remote Download component (request_url_safe in app/function/web.function.php). The vendor-supplied CVSS 4.0 vector (AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L, score 5.3) indicates network reach with low attack complexity but requires low-level privileges (PR:L) - i.e. an authenticated account - and yields only low impact across confidentiality, integrity and availability. No EPSS score is provided in the input, the CVE is not listed in CISA KEV, and there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis; the only references are VulDB catalog/CTI/submission pages. The signals are internally consistent and point to a real-but-moderate issue rather than an urgent one: the vuln.today decision label is 'this_month' (not act_now or emergency), impacts are rated low, and exploitation needs prior authentication. The main caveat is that all intelligence traces to a single source (VulDB), the vendor did not respond to disclosure (so there is no vendor advisory, fixed version, or independent confirmation), and EPSS is absent - so real-world exploitation probability cannot be quantified. Treat as a scheduled-remediation item, not a drop-everything emergency. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker with a valid low-privileged KodExplorer account (≤4.56) invokes the Remote Download feature, which passes an attacker-controlled URL to request_url_safe, causing the server to issue an HTTP request to an internal or otherwise unreachable host. This can be used to probe internal services, reach cloud metadata endpoints, or pivot to resources behind the firewall. No public exploit is identified at time of analysis, and the specific trigger beyond the named function is not detailed in the available sources. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 25, 2026
Server-side request forgery in KodCloud KodExplorer through version 4.56 allows an authenticated low-privilege user to make the server issue requests to attacker-chosen destinations by supplying a URL to the Remote Download feature, which passes it to request_url_safe() in app/function/web.function.php. Rated CVSS 5.3 (CVSS 4.0: AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N, low confidentiality/integrity/availability impact), the practical effect is that the KodExplorer host can be used to reach internal-only HTTP services that the attacker cannot reach directly. No public exploit code or confirmed active exploitation is reported, the vendor did not respond to the disclosure, and no vendor-released patch was identified at time of analysis.
RemediationAI
No vendor-released patch was identified at time of analysis; KodCloud was contacted about the disclosure and did not respond, so there is no fixed version to cite. Until a fix appears, the most direct control is to disable or remove the Remote Download feature, or block its endpoint at the reverse proxy, for all but trusted administrative accounts - the trade-off is loss of legitimate remote-fetch functionality. Because the flaw requires a valid low-privilege account, tighten account provisioning and review who can reach the Remote Download UI, and audit web server and application logs for outbound fetches toward RFC1918, loopback, link-local and cloud metadata addresses. Network-level egress filtering on the KodExplorer host (deny outbound HTTP/HTTPS to internal ranges and to 169.254.169.254, force external traffic through an allowlisting proxy) limits what a successful SSRF can reach, at the cost of breaking legitimate integrations that rely on internal URLs and requiring ongoing allowlist maintenance. Monitor https://vuldb.com/vuln/426140 for a vendor fix or updated advisory before restoring full functionality.
Affected VersionsENISA
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
KodExplorer is a PHP-based web file manager, and the affected code lives in app/function/web.function.php, where the request_url_safe() helper is used by the Remote Download component to handle a user-supplied URL that the server then fetches. The weakness class is CWE-918 (Server-Side Request Forgery): the server performs an outbound request to a destination influenced by the user instead of enforcing an allowlist or blocking internal, loopback, link-local and cloud-metadata address ranges. The CPE entry cpe:2.3:a:kodcloud:kodexplorer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* carries no version bounds, so the range is taken from the disclosure, which names versions up to and including 4.56. The disclosure does not describe the specific validation gap in request_url_safe() that permits a restricted destination to be reached, so the exact bypass (redirect handling, DNS rebinding, alternative IP encodings, or missing range checks) is not confirmed from the available sources. Exploitation requires a valid low-privilege account (PR:L in both the reported CVSS 4.0 vector and the assessed CVSS 3.1 vector) and reachability of the Remote Download functionality.
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Severity by source
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Authenticated (PR:L) network SSRF with low complexity; forced internal requests give limited confidentiality and integrity impact, no availability impact, scope unchanged.
Primary rating from Vendor (VulDB).
CVSS VectorVendor: VulDB
DescriptionCVE.org
A flaw has been found in KodCloud KodExplorer up to 4.56. Affected is the function request_url_safe of the file app/function/web.function.php of the component Remote Download. This manipulation causes server-side request forgery. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.
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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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NVD
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