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CVE-2023-51697· NVD / CVE Program· CNA GitHub_M

Audiobookshelf vulnerable to Blind SSRF in `podcastUtils.js`

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 30/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.34% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. No account or password is required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: advplyr audiobookshelf 2.7.0.
  • Severity is disputed: the assigning authority (CNA) scores it 4.3, NVD 7.5.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to advplyr audiobookshelf 2.7.0 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

Audiobookshelf is a self-hosted audiobook and podcast server. Prior to 2.7.0, Audiobookshelf is vulnerable to unauthenticated blind server-side request (SSRF) vulnerability in `podcastUtils.js`. This vulnerability has been addressed in version 2.7.0. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

HighCVSS 7.5 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
Dec 27, 2023
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
0.3% · 27th percentile

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Action score

30

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
30 / 40 · 7.5 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.3%

CNA vs NVD score

NVD
7.5
CNA · GitHub_M
4.3
3.2 point gap

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.

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VendorProduct
audiobookshelfaudiobookshelf

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • audiobookshelf audiobookshelfbefore 2.7.0

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (GitHub_M). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • advplyr audiobookshelf

    • < 2.7.0affected

Same product

audiobookshelf: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2025-25205Remote Authentication-Bypass can lead to server crash or limited information disclosure due to faulty pattern matching
    60This week
  • CVE-2025-57800Audiobookshelf vulnerable to OIDC token exfiltration and account takeover
    35Monitor
  • CVE-2023-51665Audiobookshelf vulnerable to Blind SSRF in `Auth.js`
    30Monitor

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2023-47619Dec 13, 2023 · Audiobookshelf Server-Side Request Forgery and Arbitrary File Read Vulnerability
    26Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2023-47624Dec 13, 2023 · Audiobookshelf Arbitrary File Read Vulnerability
    26Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2024-35236May 27, 2024 · Audiobookshelf Cross-Site-Scripting vulnerability via crafted ebooks
    19Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
advplyr audiobookshelf2.7.0 · descriptionVendor (CNA)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

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Timeline

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EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

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Credits

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

  • CVE-2023-516650 days apartAudiobookshelf vulnerable to Blind SSRF in `Auth.js`
    30Monitor

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • No account or password is required.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
high · data can be read
Integrity
none
Availability
none
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
None

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-918 · Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

CVSS vector

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

nvd-primary

Attack context

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ATT&CK techniques

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Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

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