CVE-2023-42450 (published 2023-09-19T15:53:39.685Z)
Mastodon is a free, open-source social network server based on ActivityPub. Starting in version 4.2.0-beta1 and prior to version 4.2.0-rc2, by crafting specific input, attackers can inject arbitrary data into HTTP requests issued by Mastodon. This can be used to perform confused deputy attacks if the server configuration includes `ALLOWED_PRIVATE_ADDRESSES` to allow access to local exploitable services. Version 4.2.0-rc2 has a patch for the issue.
Affected products: Vendor: mastodon
Product: mastodon
Versions: >= 4.2.0-beta1, < 4.2.0-rc2