WPO webpagetest 19.04 www/runtest.php ValidateURL Encoding Server-Side Request Forgery

A vulnerability was found in WPO webpagetest 19.04. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects the function ValidateURL of the file www/runtest.php. The manipulation as part of a Encoding leads to a privilege escalation vulnerability (SSRF). Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-918. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

WPO WebPageTest 19.04 allows SSRF because ValidateURL in www/runtest.php does not consider octal encoding of IP addresses (such as 0300.0250 as a replacement for 192.168).

The weakness was published 05/17/2019. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2019-12161 since 05/17/2019. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 05/18/2019).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.5

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Class: Privilege escalation / SSRF (CWE-918)
Local: Yes
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0-Day Time: ?05/17/2019 Advisory disclosed
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05/18/2019 +1 days VulDB entry created
05/18/2019 +0 days VulDB last updateCVE: CVE-2019-12161 (?)Created: 05/18/2019 09:29 AM
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