CVE-2026-57232
lowpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.003 · 21 %ileDEEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Contao is an Open Source CMS. From 5.3.35 through 5.3.47 and from 5.7.0-RC1 through 5.7.8, the Feed Reader front-end module passes configured RSS feed URLs from FeedReaderController::getResponse() to feedIo->read() without scheme or private-address validation, allowing a backend user with module-edit permissions to make the server request internal network services, loopback addresses, or cloud metadata endpoints. In core-bundle/src/Controller/FrontendModule/FeedReaderController.php, the getResponse() function iterates over the configured feed URLs and passes each one directly to the HTTP client (via $this->feedIo->read($url, new Feed())) with no validation, while the DCA field definition for rss_feed in tl_module.php carries no URL scheme or host validation and the HTTP client is wired as @psr18.http_client (Symfony HttpClient) with no SSRF protection configured, since NoPrivateNetworkHttpClient is not used. This issue is fixed in versions 5.3.48.
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- WID-SEC-W-2026-2287Contao: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Offenlegung von InformationenDeutsch2026-07-12csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, authentisierter Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in Contao ausnutzen, um Informationen offenzulegen.
- GHSA-87mg-5grr-rhwhContao: Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) via Unvalidated RSS Feed URL in Feed Reader Module2026-09-24ghsa · osvUS
### Summary The Feed Reader front-end module passes RSS feed URLs from its configuration directly to `$this->feedIo->read($url)` without any scheme validation or private-IP blocklist. A backend user with module-edit permissions can configure an arbitrary URL pointing to internal network services, cloud-provider metadata endpoints, or loopback addresses, causing the server to fetch those resources unconditionally. Confirmed live: the server successfully reaches the internal MySQL database container and its own loopback Apache instance. --- ### Details In `core-bundle/src/Controller/FrontendModule/FeedReaderController.php`, the `getResponse()` function iterates over the configured feed URLs and passes each one directly to the HTTP client with no validation: ```php // Line 50-55 foreach (StringUtil::trimsplit('[\n\t ]', trim($model->rss_feed)) as $url) { try { $feed = $this->cache->get( 'feed_reader_'.$model->id.'_'.md5($url), function (ItemInterface $item) use ($url, $model) { $readerResult = $this->feedIo->read($url, new Feed()); // <-- no validation ``` The DCA field definition for `rss_feed` in `tl_module.php` carries no URL scheme or host validation: ```php 'eval' => array('mandatory'=>true, 'decodeEntities'=>true, 'style'=>'height:60px') ``` The HTTP client is wired as `@psr18.http_client` (Symfony HttpClient) with no SSRF protection configured (`NoPrivateNetworkHttpClient` is not used). --- ### Impact This is a CWE-918 (SSRF) vulnerability. A backend user with module-edit access can: 1. **Enumerate internal network services** -- probe any IP/port on the internal network by observing response times and error messages 2. **Reach internal APIs** -- access unauthenticated services inside the Docker/Kubernetes network (databases, caches, admin panels) 3. **Steal cloud metadata credentials** -- on AWS, fetch `http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/iam/security-credentials/` to obtain IAM role credentials (IMDSv1 has no authentication) 4. **Pivot to internal infrastructure** -- use the server as a proxy to interact with services not exposed to the public internet Confirmed in live testing: the server successfully connected to the internal MySQL container (`172.19.0.3:3306`) and retrieved a full HTTP response from its own loopback interface (`127.0.0.1:80`). --- ### Remediation 1. **Use `NoPrivateNetworkHttpClient`** -- wrap the injected HTTP client with Symfony's built-in SSRF protection before passing it to feedIo: ```php use Symfony\Component\HttpClient\NoPrivateNetworkHttpClient; $safeClient = new NoPrivateNetworkHttpClient($this->httpClient); ``` This blocks all RFC-1918, loopback, and link-local addresses at the HTTP client level. 2. **Validate URL scheme and host** -- before calling `feedIo->read()`, parse the URL and reject anything that is not `http://` or `https://` with a public routable IP or hostname. 3. **Configure the DCA field** -- add `'rgxp' => 'url'` and a custom validation callback to `tl_module.rss_feed` to reject non-public URLs at save time.
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references (9)
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- https://github.com/contao/contao/commit/27f6201809553bee767dcef15535bb8f0f4eac5fcnnvd
- https://github.com/contao/contao/commit/53b939ff2c4718e3a1d7c54ddd8886e9370618e4cnnvd
- https://github.com/contao/contao/security/advisories/GHSA-87mg-5grr-rhwhcnnvd
- https://github.com/contao/contao/commit/27f6201809553bee767dcef15535bb8f0f4eac5fenisa_euvd
- https://github.com/contao/contao/commit/53b939ff2c4718e3a1d7c54ddd8886e9370618e4enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/contao/contao/security/advisories/GHSA-87mg-5grr-rhwhenisa_euvd
- https://github.com/contao/contao/commit/27f6201809553bee767dcef15535bb8f0f4eac5fnvd
- https://github.com/contao/contao/commit/53b939ff2c4718e3a1d7c54ddd8886e9370618e4nvd
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