Server-Side Request Forgery in link-preview-js

MEDIUM 5.5CVE-2022-25876 · GHSA-h9cw-7g8j-h66h · Published 01/07/2022 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2022-25876 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability affecting link-preview-js (link-preview-js project), link-preview-js.
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.37%, higher than 30.8% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 2.1.16, 2.1.17 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
link-preview-js link-preview-js_project	`< 2.1.16`	`2.1.16`
link-preview-js npm	`< 2.1.17`	`2.1.17`

Description

The package link-preview-js before 2.1.17 are vulnerable to Server-side Request Forgery (SSRF) which allows attackers to send arbitrary requests to the local network and read the response. This is due to flawed DNS rebinding protection.

NVD description

The package link-preview-js before 2.1.16 are vulnerable to Server-side Request Forgery (SSRF) which allows attackers to send arbitrary requests to the local network and read the response. This is due to flawed DNS rebinding protection.

References

nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-25876 · ADVISORY
ospfranco/link-preview-js · WEB
ospfranco/link-preview-js#117 · WEB
ospfranco/link-preview-js · PACKAGE
snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-LINKPREVIEWJS-2933520 · WEB

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