CVE-2021-33184 is a vulnerability in Synology Download Station
Published on June 1, 2021
Server-Side request forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in task management component in Synology Download Station before 3.8.15-3563 allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via unspecified vectors.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2021-33184 is exploitable with network access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have a high impact on confidentiality, with no impact on integrity and availability.
Weakness Type
What is a SSRF Vulnerability?
The web server receives a URL or similar request from an upstream component and retrieves the contents of this URL, but it does not sufficiently ensure that the request is being sent to the expected destination. By providing URLs to unexpected hosts or ports, attackers can make it appear that the server is sending the request, possibly bypassing access controls such as firewalls that prevent the attackers from accessing the URLs directly. The server can be used as a proxy to conduct port scanning of hosts in internal networks, use other URLs such as that can access documents on the system (using file://), or use other protocols such as gopher:// or tftp://, which may provide greater control over the contents of requests.
CVE-2021-33184 has been classified to as a SSRF vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2021-33184
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Affected Versions
Synology Download Station:- Version unspecified and below 3.8.15-3563 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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