CVE-2020-22983

A Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability exists in MicroStrategy Web SDK 11.1 and earlier, allows remote unauthenticated attackers to conduct a server-side request forgery (SSRF) attack via the srcURL parameter to the shortURL task.

Published: 2022-05-13 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2020-22983 is rated Moderate Risk (62/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.20%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2020-22983

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-11-21 1.96% 2.20% +0.24%
2 2025-11-18 2.20% 1.96% -0.24%
3 2025-09-03 2.20%

Full EPSS history (22 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2020-22983

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
8.1 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
2.8 5.2 [email protected]
5.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
8.6 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2020-22983

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2020-22983

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
microstrategy microstrategy_web <= 11.1 cpe:2.3:a:microstrategy:microstrategy_web:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2020-22983

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