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Unsanitized user input in HTTP request (SSRF)

Overview

  • Rule ID: javascript_express_server_side_request_forgery

  • Applicable Languages: Javascript

  • Weakness ID: CWE-918

Description

Incorporating unsanitized user input directly into URLs for data retrieval exposes your application to server-side request forgery (SSRF) attacks. This vulnerability occurs when URLs include user-provided data without proper validation or sanitization.

Remediation Guidelines

  • Do not directly use user input to construct URLs for backend requests, as this can lead to SSRF vulnerabilities.

    axios.get(`https://${req.params.host}`); // unsafe

  • Do validate or sanitize user input before using it in URLs. Prefer using a predefined list of allowed hosts and map user input to this list to ensure only safe and expected URLs are constructed.

    var host = "default-api.com";
if (req.params.host === "something-else") {
host = "other-api.com";
}

axios.get(`https://${host}`);

References

Configuration

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