{"id":59643,"date":"2025-07-25T22:17:04","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T22:17:04","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-09-14T19:05:45","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T01:05:45","slug":"cve-2025-46385-severe-server-side-request-forgery-ssrf-vulnerability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-46385-severe-server-side-request-forgery-ssrf-vulnerability\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-46385: Severe Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) Vulnerability<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Today we are focusing on a severe cybersecurity vulnerability, CVE-2025-46385, which poses a significant threat to data integrity and system security. This vulnerability pertains to a Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF), a dangerous exploit that allows attackers to launch requests from the server hosting the application. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-43209-high-risk-out-of-bounds-access-vulnerability-affecting-multiple-apple-operating-systems\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"70002\">vulnerability affects<\/a> a wide range of products and systems, potentially leading to system compromise or data leakage. Given its high severity score and the potential damage it can cause, understanding and mitigating this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-8913-critical-local-file-inclusion-vulnerability-in-wellchoose-s-organization-portal-system\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"82443\">vulnerability should be a priority for all security-conscious organizations<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-46385<br \/>\nSeverity: Severe, CVSS score of 8.6<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Network<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: Low<br \/>\nUser Interaction: None<br \/>\nImpact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-40741-stack-based-overflow-vulnerability-in-solid-edge-se2025-leading-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"75845\">Potential system<\/a> compromise or data leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-1503302473\" class=\"ameeb-content-2 ameeb-entity-placement\"><div style=\"border-left: 4px solid #555; padding-left: 20px; margin: 48px 0; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.6; max-width: 700px;\">\r\n  <h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; display: flex; align-items: center;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"display: inline-flex; align-items: center; margin-right: 8px;\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Best-App-icon-Ameeba.png\" alt=\"Ameeba Chat Icon\" style=\"width: 40px; height: 40px;\" \/>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n    A new way to communicate\r\n  <\/h2>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 12px;\">\r\n    Ameeba Chat is built on encrypted identity, not personal profiles.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 16px;\">\r\n    Message, call, share files, and coordinate with identities kept separate.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <ul style=\"list-style: none; padding-left: 0; margin-bottom: 20px;\">\r\n    <li>\u2022 Encrypted identity<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Ameeba Chat authenticates access<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Aliases and categories<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 End-to-end encrypted chat, calls, and files<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Secure notes for sensitive information<\/li>\r\n  <\/ul>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\r\n    Private communication, rethought.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <div style=\"display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 12px;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\/download\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Download Ameeba Chat<\/a>\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ffffff; color: #ffffff; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Learn More<\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Product | Affected Versions<\/p>\n<p>Product A | Versions 1.0 to 2.5<br \/>\nProduct B | Versions 3.0 to 4.5<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>At its core, the CVE-2025-46385 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-42959-unauthenticated-replay-attack-exploiting-hmac-reuse\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"75846\">exploit involves an attacker<\/a> manipulating the server into making a network request to an arbitrary URL. The server, thinking the request is legitimate, sends the request to the specified endpoint. This can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-41668-critical-file-replacement-leading-to-unauthorized-access\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"70003\">lead to unauthorized<\/a> actions being performed on behalf of the server, potentially compromising other systems within the same network. In the worst-case scenario, this can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-42950-sap-landscape-transformation-vulnerability-leading-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"77594\">lead to system<\/a> compromise or data leakage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-796434344\" class=\"ameeb-content ameeb-entity-placement\"><div class=\"poptin-embedded\" data-id=\"f6b387694f681\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a conceptual example of how the vulnerability might be exploited, in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-8420-remote-code-execution-vulnerability-in-request-a-quote-form-wordpress-plugin\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"82070\">form of an HTTP request<\/a>:<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">POST \/vulnerable\/endpoint HTTP\/1.1\nHost: target.example.com\nContent-Type: application\/json\n{ &quot;url&quot;: &quot;http:\/\/localhost\/admin\/deleteAllUsers&quot; }<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>The above <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2024-9408-server-side-request-forgery-attack-in-eclipse-glassfish\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"77212\">request tells the server<\/a> to send a POST request to the `deleteAllUsers` endpoint on the local host. If the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2024-31854-critical-tls-server-certificate-validation-vulnerability-in-sicam-toolbox-ii\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"70045\">server is not properly validating<\/a> the URLs it is requested to connect to, this could result in all users being deleted from the system.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How to Mitigate CVE-2025-46385<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To mitigate the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2024-25178-critical-luajit-vulnerability-puts-systems-at-risk-of-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"75847\">risk from this vulnerability<\/a>, organizations are advised to apply the vendor-provided patch as soon as possible. In the event that a patch is not immediately available or cannot be applied, a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or Intrusion Detection System (IDS) can provide temporary mitigation. These systems can be configured to detect and block potentially malicious requests, preventing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-8020-ssrf-vulnerability-in-all-versions-of-private-ip-package\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"70001\">SSRF vulnerability<\/a> from being exploited. However, this should be seen as a temporary solution, and applying the patch should still be the ultimate goal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview Today we are focusing on a severe cybersecurity vulnerability, CVE-2025-46385, which poses a significant threat to data integrity and system security. This vulnerability pertains to a Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF), a dangerous exploit that allows attackers to launch requests from the server hosting the application. The vulnerability affects a wide range of products and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"vendor":[],"product":[],"attack_vector":[101],"asset_type":[],"severity":[],"exploit_status":[],"class_list":["post-59643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","attack_vector-ssrf"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59643","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59643"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59643\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":74959,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59643\/revisions\/74959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59643"},{"taxonomy":"vendor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vendor?post=59643"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=59643"},{"taxonomy":"attack_vector","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/attack_vector?post=59643"},{"taxonomy":"asset_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/asset_type?post=59643"},{"taxonomy":"severity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/severity?post=59643"},{"taxonomy":"exploit_status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exploit_status?post=59643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}