mcp-webresearch 0.1.7 contains a server-side request forgery vulnerability that allows attackers to access internal network services by supplying loopback, link-local, or cloud metadata addresses to …
Summary
mcp-webresearch 0.1.7 contains a server-side request forgery vulnerability that allows attackers to access internal network services by supplying loopback, link-local, or cloud metadata addresses to the visit_page tool, which only validates the URL protocol without filtering private or reserved IP ranges. Attackers can steer the LLM-controlled URL argument through prompt injection to navigate the server's Playwright browser to internal endpoints such as cloud instance metadata services, causing…
In-depth triage · Auto channel
No in-depth report has been generated yet (DR-003 v2 AI pipeline is under construction).
Lint boundary warnings (1)
The following non-blocking warnings were raised during the lint phase of this triage (e.g. reference URLs not yet on the allowlist). They do not affect entry usability and are disclosed for transparency (see DR-002).
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REF_URL_NOT_ALLOWLISTEDurl not in allowlist: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@mzxrai/mcp-webresearch
Sources
- NVD DATABASE
Original Links
- https://github.com/geo-chen/oss/blob/main/mcp-webresearch.md
- https://www.npmjs.com/package/@mzxrai/mcp-webresearch
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/mcp-webresearch-server-side-request-forgery-in-visit-page-due-to-missing-internal-ip-filtering
Timeline
- nvd_ingest NVD