CVE-2026-52840

Easy!Appointments has server-side request forgery in CalDAV connection test that exposes the deployment's internal network

Published

2026-07-29

Modified

2026-07-29

EPSS percentile

8%

Aliases

GHSA-pm5p-7w5h-jm5q

Sources

github-advisory

Summary

### Summary `Caldav::connect_to_server` at `application/controllers/Caldav.php:60` hands the request's `caldav_url` to a Guzzle `REPORT` call without scheme or host validation. A logged-in backend user (admin, provider, or secretary) reaches loopback, RFC1918, and link-local hosts on the deployment's network. The Guzzle exception path returns the upstream status code plus ~120 bytes of response body in the JSON `message` field (`Caldav.php:74-78`), so the SSRF is semi-blind. ### Preconditions - Backend login on the target instance. Non-admin attackers supply their own `provider_id` and pass the per-row check at `Caldav.php:52`; admins can target any row. - Default deployment per the project's own `docker-compose.yml`, which puts `mysql`, `mailpit`, `phpmyadmin`, `baikal`, `openldap`, `phpldapadmin`, and `swagger-ui` on the same docker network as `php-fpm`. ### Details ```php // application/controllers/Caldav.php:45-82 public function connect_to_server(): void { try { $provider_id = request('provider_id'); $user_id = session('user_id'); if (cannot('edit', PRIV_USERS) && (int) $user_id !== (int) $provider_id) { throw new RuntimeException('You do not have the required permissions for this task.'); } $caldav_url = request('caldav_url'); // (*) attacker-controlled $caldav_username = request('caldav_username'); $caldav_password = request('caldav_password'); $this->caldav_sync->test_connection($caldav_url, $caldav_username, $caldav_password); // (*) sink ... } catch (GuzzleException | InvalidArgumentException $e) { json_response([ 'success' => false, 'message' => $e->getMessage(), // (*) upstream body reflected ]); } } ``` The per-row check at line 52 only constrains *which provider record* the caller may write to; it does not constrain *where the outbound request lands*. `$caldav_url` flows unchanged into `Caldav_sync::test_connection` at `application/libraries/Caldav_sync.php:389`, which calls `get_http_client` to construct a Guzzle client whose `base_uri` is the attacker URL (`Caldav_sync.php:375-382`), then issues `REPORT` against it via `fetch_events` at `Caldav_sync.php:558`. The only input check in `get_http_client` is `filter_var($caldav_url, FILTER_VALIDATE_URL)` at line 363, which validates the URL grammar - not the host - so loopback, RFC1918, link-local, and arbitrary internal hostnames pass. When Guzzle raises `RequestException`, its `getMessage()` formats as ``Client error: `REPORT http://target/` resulted in a `405 Method Not Allowed` response: ``. `Caldav::connect_to_server` returns that string verbatim in `message`. For `ConnectException` (port closed, DNS failure, TLS handshake error) the message names the host, port, and underlying cURL error number - enough to port-scan the deployment's network. ### Proof of concept **Setup** 1. Clone the repository, pin to the audited release, copy the sample config, and bring up the bundled stack: ```bash git clone https://github.com/alextselegidis/easyappointments cd easyappointments git checkout 1.5.2 cp config-sample.php config.php docker compose up -d until curl -fsS http://localhost/ -o /dev/null; do sleep 2; done ``` 2. Run the console installer. The seed sets administrator's password to the literal string `administrator` (`application/libraries/Instance.php:99`): ```bash docker compose exec -T php-fpm php index.php console install ``` 3. Log in as `administrator` (the project's session cookie is `ea_session`) and create an attacker provider. The default `require_phone_number=1` setting makes `phone_number` mandatory: ```bash export ADMIN_JAR=/tmp/admin.cookies curl -s -c $ADMIN_JAR http://localhost/index.php/login -o /dev/null CSRF=$(awk '$6=="csrf_cookie"{print $7}' $ADMIN_JAR)

Affected packages

Remediation: No patched version is listed by GitHub.

References

• https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-pm5p-7w5h-jm5q