CVE-2024-41813 Information

Description

txtdot is an HTTP proxy that parses only text links and pictures from pages removing ads and heavy scripts. Starting in version 1.4.0 and prior to version 1.6.1 a Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in the /proxy route of txtdot allows remote attackers to use the server as a proxy to send HTTP GET requests to arbitrary targets and retrieve information in the internal network. Version 1.6.1 patches the issue.

Reference

https://github.com/TxtDot/txtdot/security/advisories/GHSA-4c78-229v-hf6m https://github.com/TxtDot/txtdot/commit/f241a46e05b148a39b84bf956051b5aaa489949e https://github.com/TxtDot/txtdot/blob/a7fdaf80fdf45abefe83b2eb5135ba112142dc74/src/handlers/distributor.ts#L43-L47