SSRF in Instructure Canvas Learning Management Service

CVE-2020-5775

Server-Side Request Forgery in Canvas LMS 2020-07-29 allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to cause the Canvas application to perform HTTP GET requests to arbitrary domains.

Vulnerability class: SSRF (Server-Side Request Forgery)

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.065 (93.6th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 94th percentile — 93.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2020-5775: held from 0.065 to 0.065.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.065 · newest: 0.065 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-5775?
CVE-2020-5775 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Instructure Canvas Learning Management Service, classified under Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF). CVSS score: 5.8/10. Published 2020-08-21.
How severe is CVE-2020-5775?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2020-5775 known to be exploited?
4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.