Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessConnect to /newsfeed Socket.IO namespace (no auth)
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DeliveryEmit CHECK_ARTICLE_URL with internal target URL
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ExploitMirror server issues HEAD request to internal host
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ExecutionReceive ARTICLE_URL_STATUS with timing and canFrame data
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ImpactEnumerate live internal hosts and open ports
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 | The attacker must be able to reach the MagicMirror² HTTP port (default 8080) over the network - no authentication, credentials, or session token of any kind are required. Prior to v2.37.0, the IP whitelist ( |
| Impact | The CVSS 4.0 score of 6.3 with AT:P (attack requirement: the attacker must reach the mirror's HTTP port) appropriately moderates the theoretical network-vector severity. The subsequent-system confidentiality impact (SC:L) reflects that the attacker gains a timing and boolean oracle - enough to enumerate live internal hosts and open ports - but not full response bodies, limiting this to reconnaissance rather than direct data exfiltration. No CISA KEV entry exists, and EPSS data was not supplied, preventing probabilistic exploitation-likelihood assessment. A functioning proof-of-concept is documented in the GHSA advisory, which materially lowers the skill threshold for exploitation and warrants treating this as higher priority than a comparable no-POC finding. The most realistic risk scenario is a network-adjacent attacker (e.g., on the same LAN as a home or office mirror deployment) using the mirror as a pivot to fingerprint internal services that respond to HEAD requests. Deployments where the mirror port is inadvertently exposed to broader segments - such as a flat corporate guest network - represent a higher-risk configuration. The bounded impact (no body exfiltration, no write capability on internal services) and niche deployment footprint keep real-world severity manageable, but the zero-authentication entry point and available POC make patching straightforward and urgent. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker on the same local network as a MagicMirror² instance connects to its Socket.IO |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Aug 18, 2026
Unauthenticated Server-Side Request Forgery in MagicMirror² versions prior to 2.37.0 allows any network-reachable attacker to weaponize the smart mirror as an internal network probe. By connecting to the unguarded Socket.IO /newsfeed namespace and emitting a CHECK_ARTICLE_URL notification with an attacker-controlled URL, the server performs an unsanitized fetch() HEAD request and returns timing and framing data via ARTICLE_URL_STATUS, creating a boolean-plus-timing oracle for internal host and port enumeration. A proof-of-concept exploit is documented in the GHSA advisory; no confirmed active exploitation (CISA KEV) has been reported.
RemediationAI
Upgrade MagicMirror² to version 2.37.0 or later, which is confirmed as the vendor-released patch per the tagged release at https://github.com/MagicMirrorOrg/MagicMirror/releases/tag/v2.37.0 and the fix commit at https://github.com/MagicMirrorOrg/MagicMirror/commit/58c2a5e675a7d367b64d72e1d35680d202ff5c9f. If immediate upgrade is not possible, configure the ipWhitelist setting in config.js to restrict access to trusted IPs only - however, note that prior to v2.37.0 this whitelist applied exclusively to HTTP routes and not to Socket.IO handshakes, so this workaround provides only partial protection until the patch is applied. As a stronger compensating control, bind the MagicMirror HTTP listener to localhost or a trusted interface only, or place it behind a host firewall rule that blocks access from untrusted network segments; this prevents unauthenticated external clients from reaching the Socket.IO endpoint entirely. Trade-off: binding to localhost will prevent remote browser clients from accessing the mirror UI.
Affected VersionsENISA
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Affects 1 package in npm
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Technical ContextAI · show details
MagicMirror² (CPE: cpe:2.3:a:magicmirrororg:magicmirror:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*) is a Node.js-based open-source smart mirror platform distributed as the npm package magicmirror. Its newsfeed default module registers a Socket.IO handler on the /newsfeed namespace in defaultmodules/newsfeed/node_helper.js. When this handler receives a CHECK_ARTICLE_URL notification, it passes the caller-supplied URL verbatim to the Node.js fetch() API with { method: 'HEAD' } and returns ARTICLE_URL_STATUS containing the URL and a canFrame boolean derived from response headers. The root cause is CWE-918 (Server-Side Request Forgery): the absence of any URL scheme, host, or allowlist validation before the outbound fetch. The vulnerability is compounded by the Socket.IO server's permissive CORS configuration (origin: /.*$/) and the complete absence of authentication on the namespace, allowing any TCP-reachable client to trigger the handler. The fix in v2.37.0 (commit 58c2a5e) introduces a socketIpAccessControl function that applies the existing ipWhitelist configuration to Socket.IO handshakes via the allowRequest hook - closing the gap where the HTTP middleware protected HTTP routes but not WebSocket upgrade requests.
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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
Unauthenticated network endpoint causes scope change by probing internal hosts, yielding low confidentiality impact; no integrity or availability impact on the mirror itself.
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CVSS VectorVendor: GitHub_M
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1DescriptionCVE.org
MagicMirror² is an open source modular smart mirror platform. Prior to 2.37.0, checkArticleUrl in defaultmodules/newsfeed/node_helper.js accepts the CHECK_ARTICLE_URL notification through the unauthenticated Socket.IO namespace /newsfeed and performs fetch(url, { method: "HEAD" }) without validating the attacker-controlled URL. The helper returns ARTICLE_URL_STATUS containing the URL and framing result, providing a response and timing oracle that can identify internal hosts and ports and trigger side effects on services that react to HEAD requests. This issue is fixed in version 2.37.0.
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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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