CVE-2024-12392 | Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) in binary-husky/gpt_academic

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A Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability exists in binary-husky/gpt_academic version git 310122f. The application has a functionality to download papers from arxiv.org, but the URL validation is incomplete. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to make the application access any URL, including internal services, and read the response. This can be used to access data that are only accessible from the server, such as AWS metadata credentials, and can escalate local exploits to network-based attacks.

Published: 2025-03-20 Last update: 2025-07-31 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Analyzed，CVE State: published
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CVE-2024-12392 is rated High Exploit Risk (60.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.33%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2024-12392

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2024-12392

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 2026-04-28 0.06% 0.33% +0.27%
2 2025-12-04 0.04% 0.06% +0.02%
3 2025-11-21 — 0.04% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2024-12392

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.5 3.0 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/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:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
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:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 2.8 3.6 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2024-12392

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2024-12392

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
binary-husky gpt_academic 2024-10-15 cpe:2.3:a:binary-husky:gpt_academic:2024-10-15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2024-12392

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