Base weakness
Incomplete
CWE-918: Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)
Also known as: XSPA, SSRF
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.
1,948
Recorded CVEs
With this primary weakness
18
KEVs
In the CISA KEV catalog
Not rated
Likelihood of exploit
Per MITRE
Base
Abstraction
MITRE classification
Overview
CWE-918 (Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)) is a base-level software weakness catalogued by MITRE in the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE). It describes a recurring type of mistake that can lead to exploitable security vulnerabilities.