{"id":75946,"date":"2025-09-17T08:39:41","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T08:39:41","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-10-04T06:32:20","modified_gmt":"2025-10-04T12:32:20","slug":"cve-2025-44594-server-side-request-forgery-ssrf-vulnerability-in-halo-v2-20-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-44594-server-side-request-forgery-ssrf-vulnerability-in-halo-v2-20-17\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-44594: Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) Vulnerability in halo v2.20.17<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We are drawing attention to a critical security vulnerability identified as CVE-2025-44594 that impacts halo v2.20.17 and earlier versions. This vulnerability specifically pertains to a Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) in the halo application programming interface (API) endpoint. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-55150-ssrf-vulnerability-in-stirling-pdf-web-application\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"83463\">SSRF vulnerabilities<\/a> are particularly dangerous because they allow an attacker to make requests to internal resources, potentially leading to system compromise or data leakage. Therefore, getting to grips with this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-9791-critical-vulnerability-in-tenda-ac20-16-03-08-05-leading-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"85002\">vulnerability and mitigating its potential<\/a> effects is of paramount importance to any organization running the vulnerable versions of the halo software.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-44594<br \/>\nSeverity: Critical, CVSS v3.0 Score: 9.1<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Network<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: None<br \/>\nUser Interaction: None<br \/>\nImpact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-9253-stack-based-buffer-overflow-on-linksys-wi-fi-range-extenders-leading-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"84274\">Potential system<\/a> compromise or data leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-3363093270\" 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>halo | v2.20.17 and before<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-42958-sap-netweaver-application-vulnerability-in-ibm-i-series\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"88868\">vulnerability lies in the &#8220;\/apis\/uc.api.storage.halo.run\/v1alpha1\/attachments\/-\/upload-from-url&#8221; endpoint of the halo application<\/a>. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability by tricking the server into making a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-51605-critical-cross-origin-resource-sharing-cors-vulnerability-in-shopizer-3-2-7\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"85357\">request<\/a> to an internal resource. This is done by supplying a malicious URL in the POST <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-8592-wordpress-inspiro-theme-vulnerability-to-cross-site-request-forgery-csrf\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"85362\">request to the vulnerable<\/a> endpoint. The server, unaware of the malicious intent, would then process the request, potentially giving the attacker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-28041-access-control-vulnerability-in-itranswarp-up-to-version-2-19\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"86004\">access to sensitive information or control<\/a> over the system.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-3429793018\" 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>Below is a conceptual example of how this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-58833-cross-site-request-forgery-vulnerability-in-invelity-mygls-connect\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"86981\">vulnerability might be exploited using a POST request:<\/a><\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">POST \/apis\/uc.api.storage.halo.run\/v1alpha1\/attachments\/-\/upload-from-url HTTP\/1.1\nHost: target.example.com\nContent-Type: application\/json\n{ &quot;url&quot;: &quot;http:\/\/localhost\/admin&quot; }<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In this example, the attacker is forcing the server to make a request to the localhost&#8217;s admin page. If the server processes this request, it could <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-55190-argo-cd-api-tokens-expose-sensitive-repository-credentials\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"87008\">expose sensitive<\/a> information or grant unintended system access to the attacker.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mitigation Guidance<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The best mitigation strategy is to apply the vendor-supplied patch. If this is not possible, using a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or Intrusion Detection System (IDS) can serve as a temporary mitigation, as they can monitor and block suspicious requests. Furthermore, it is recommended to limit the URLs to which the server can make requests, and to implement proper <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-52451-improper-input-validation-vulnerability-in-salesforce-tableau-server\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"85916\">input validation<\/a> to reject any potentially malicious URLs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview We are drawing attention to a critical security vulnerability identified as CVE-2025-44594 that impacts halo v2.20.17 and earlier versions. This vulnerability specifically pertains to a Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) in the halo application programming interface (API) endpoint. SSRF vulnerabilities are particularly dangerous because they allow an attacker to make requests to internal resources, potentially [&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-75946","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\/75946","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=75946"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75946\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81678,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75946\/revisions\/81678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75946"},{"taxonomy":"vendor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vendor?post=75946"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=75946"},{"taxonomy":"attack_vector","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/attack_vector?post=75946"},{"taxonomy":"asset_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/asset_type?post=75946"},{"taxonomy":"severity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/severity?post=75946"},{"taxonomy":"exploit_status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exploit_status?post=75946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}