# CVE-2023-51697: Audiobookshelf vulnerable to Blind SSRF in \`podcastUtils.js\`

- Severity: CVSS 4.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.7.0
- Published: 2023-12-27 · Updated: 2024-08-02

## Affected

- advplyr audiobookshelf: fixed in 2.7.0

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on advplyr audiobookshelf, upgrade to a fixed version (2.7.0) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/security/advisories/GHSA-jhjx-c3wx-q2x7
- https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/commit/f2f2ea161ca0701e1405e737b0df0f96296e4f64

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