What is CVE-2020-11453?

CVE-2020-11453 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microstrategy Web, classified under Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF). CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2020-04-02.

How severe is CVE-2020-11453?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Is CVE-2020-11453 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

SSRF in Microstrategy Web

CVE-2020-11453

Microstrategy Web 10.4 is vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery in the Test Web Service functionality exposed through the path /MicroStrategyWS/. The functionality requires no authentication and, while it is not possible to pass parameters in the SSRF request, it is still possible to exploit it to conduct port scanning. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to enumerate the resources allocated in the network (IP addresses and services exposed). NOTE: MicroStrategy is unable to reproduce the issue reported in any version of its product

Vulnerability class: SSRF (Server-Side Request Forgery)

Published 2020-04-02 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.027 (85.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 86th percentile — 85.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.027 · newest: 0.027 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Microstrategy Web — versions 10.4

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-918 — Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

community.microstrategy.com/s/article/Web-Services-Security-Vulnerability (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
www.redtimmy.com/web-application-hacking/another-ssrf-another-rce-the-microstra… (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
packetstormsecurity.com/files/157068/MicroStrategy-Intelligence-Server-And-Web-… (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Apr/1 (mailing-list)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-11453?: CVE-2020-11453 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microstrategy Web, classified under Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF). CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2020-04-02.
How severe is CVE-2020-11453?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2020-11453 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.