CVE-2020-28360 is a critical Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability affecting versions 1.0.5 and below of the private-ip npm package. The flaw stems from insufficient regular expression filtering of reserved IP ranges, allowing attackers to bypass intended restrictions. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL) due to its network-based attack vector, low complexity, and high potential for confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts, including remote code execution. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), it has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness of its severity.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.0.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:private-ip_project:private-ip:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.