Sunbirded PortalApplication · Sunbird

CVE-2025-70027

HIGH · 7.5 CVSS v3.1 Published 2026-03-11
Mitigation only
No fix yet — a mitigation exists. There is no fixed release. A documented workaround reduces exposure in the meantime.
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84/100
Remediation priority · High
Remotely reachable No privileges Zero-click

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
An issue pertaining to CWE-918: Server-Side Request Forgery was discovered in Sunbird-Ed SunbirdEd-portal v1.13.4. This allows attackers to obtain sensitive information

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis · moderate confidence

A Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability (CWE-918) in SunbirdEd-portal v1.13.4 allows remote attackers to craft malicious requests causing the server to make unintended connections to internal or external resources, potentially exposing sensitive backend information, internal services, or cloud metadata.

MitigationImplement strict allowlist-based input validation for all URL/hostname parameters, disable unnecessary URL protocols, and apply network segmentation to prevent the application server from accessing internal infrastructure.

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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
Sunbirded PortalApplication
Affected:= 1.13.4

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

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

Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.

dbcve checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Identify if SunbirdEd-portal is installed
    Check for SunbirdEd-portal application files, services, or containers in your environment. Look for directories named 'SunbirdEd-portal', 'portal', or check running processes for 'sunbird' or 'portal' related services.
    Affected if SunbirdEd-portal is present in the environment
  2. Determine the installed version of SunbirdEd-portal
    Check the version file, package.json, or application metadata. Common locations: /opt/sunbird-ed-portal/version, package.json version field, or the application's 'about' page. Compare the version to 1.13.4.
    Affected if The installed version is exactly 1.13.4
  3. Identify if URL/hostname input features are enabled
    Review the application configuration files (config.json, application.conf) and look for features that accept URL or hostname inputs, such as link preview, URL fetch, webhook callbacks, or content embedding. Check if these endpoints are accessible.
    Affected if The application has URL/hostname input functionality enabled and accessible without strict allowlist validation
  4. Test for SSRF vulnerability in URL parameters
    Submit a crafted request with an internal URL (such as http://localhost, http://127.0.0.1, or a cloud metadata endpoint like http://169.254.169.254) to any URL-input field in the application and observe if the server makes the request. Common parameter names include 'url', 'link', 'href', 'src', 'redirect', or 'callback'.
    Affected if The application makes outbound requests to user-supplied URLs, indicating the vulnerable feature is present and exploitable

A user is affected if SunbirdEd-portal version 1.13.4 is installed and the application exposes URL or hostname input functionality that processes user-supplied URLs without strict allowlist validation.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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From vendor data
Mitigation available No clean upgrade yet — mitigate in the meantime
Mitigation

Implement strict allowlist-based input validation for all URL/hostname parameters, disable unnecessary URL protocols, and apply network segmentation to prevent the application server from accessing internal infrastructure.

Fix this in Sunbirded Portal Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation3.0 h
  • Implementation8.0 h
  • Testing5.0 h
  • Review / QA3.0 h
19.0 hours of engineering $3,330
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