CVE-2025-53018CWE-918

Lychee has Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) in Photo::fromUrl API via unvalidated remote image URLs

Low · published June 27, 2025

CVSS v3.1
3.0
EPSS
0%
Percentile
8.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Lychee is a free, open-source photo-management tool. Prior to version 6.6.13, a critical Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability exists in the `/api/v2/Photo::fromUrl` endpoint. This flaw lets an attacker instruct the application’s backend to make HTTP requests to any URL they choose. Consequently, internal network resources—such as localhost services or cloud-provider metadata endpoints—become reachable. The endpoint takes a URL from the user and calls it server-side via fopen() without any safeguards. There is no IP address validation, nor are there any allow-list, timeout, or size restrictions. Because of this, attackers can point the application at internal targets. Using this flaw, an attacker can perform internal port scans or retrieve sensitive cloud metadata. Version 6.6.13 contains a patch for the issue.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
3.0 · LOW
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00196 · 8.8th percentile
Weakness
CWE-918 · Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)
Published
2025-06-27T13:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 27 JUN 13:00Z
    Lychee has Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) in Photo::fromUrl API via unvalidated remote image URLs
    cvelistv5