SocialEngine <= 7.8.0 Blind Server-Side Request Forgery Vulnerability

• Software Link:

• Affected Versions:

Versions 7.8.0, 7.7.0, and likely prior versions.

• Vulnerability Description:

User input passed through the “uri” request parameter to the /core/link/preview endpoint is not properly sanitized before being used as URL to send an HTTP request from the web server. This can be exploited by remote, authenticated attackers to carry out blind Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) attacks by using URLs like the following:

https://[socialengine]/core/link/preview/format/json?uri=http://localhost:3306/

• Solution:

No official solution is currently available.

• Disclosure Timeline:

[02/02/2026] – Vulnerability confirmed on version 7.7.0

[02/02/2026] – Vendor notified

[09/02/2026] – Vendor response stating “We are currently validating your report… If this issue is confirmed, we will prioritize appropriate fixes and include them in an upcoming update.”

[27/02/2026] – Vendor released version 7.8.0, but the vulnerability is still not fixed

[02/03/2026] – Vendor contacted again

[09/03/2026] – Vendor response stating “We will check and update you.”

[23/03/2026] – Vendor notified about 60-day disclosure deadline policy

[25/03/2026] – Vendor response stating “Regarding this issue, we were unable to fully understand the concern. Could you please provide more detailed information or steps to reproduce the issue?”

[25/03/2026] – Vendor was provided with more details and guidance on how to fix the vulnerability

[03/04/2026] – Reached 60-day disclosure deadline, still no official solution

[21/04/2026] – CVE identifier requested

[22/04/2026] – CVE identifier assigned

[23/04/2026] – Public disclosure

• CVE Reference:

CVE-2026-41461 has been assigned to this vulnerability.

• Credits:

Vulnerability discovered by Egidio Romano.