How widely exploitable is this vulnerability?

Exploitability depends on who can configure or influence the RSS Feed Dashlet. In many deployments, authenticated users with access to dashboard customization can trigger it. If such access is broadly granted, the practical exposure increases significantly.

Does an attacker need direct system-level access to exploit this?

No. The attacker typically only needs web-level access to SuiteCRM with permissions to interact with the RSS dashlet configuration. The application server then performs the outbound requests on the attacker's behalf.

What is the safest general fix pattern for this issue?

The safest approach is to strictly validate and constrain all outbound requests initiated from user-supplied URLs, ideally by allowlisting trusted domains, rejecting internal or non-HTTP(S) targets, and enforcing network egress controls at the infrastructure level.

Severity:

HIGH RISK

(7.5)

Server-Side Request Forgery (CWE-918) and DoS in SuiteCRM RSS Feed Dashlet

CVE-2026-29097

Published:

Mar 19, 2026

Status:

Analyzed

Summary

Affected Context

Exploit Preconditions

Why This Happens

Potential Impact

General Mitigation Guidance

How Teams Detect Issues Like This

Frequently Asked Questions

Source

NDV

Recent Vulnerabilities

CWE-77;CWE-78

HIGH RISK

HIGH

(7.3)

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Remote Code Execution on the Router

April 6, 2026

CWE-77;CWE-78

HIGH RISK

HIGH

(7.3)

OS Command Injection (CWE-78) in Totolink A7100RU setFirewallType Handler

Remote Code Execution on Router Firmware

April 6, 2026

Vulnerability Type

Category:

Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

CWE:

CWE-918

Impact:

Server-Side Request Forgery leading to potential internal network access and Denial of Service

Severity:

HIGH RISK

(7.5)

CVSS Version:

3.1

Vulnerability Type

Category:

Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

CWE:

CWE-918

Impact:

Server-Side Request Forgery leading to potential internal network access and Denial of Service

Severity:

HIGH RISK

(7.5)

CVSS Version:

3.1

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Server-Side Request Forgery (CWE-918) and DoS in SuiteCRM RSS Feed Dashlet

Summary

Affected Context

Exploit Preconditions

Why This Happens

Potential Impact

General Mitigation Guidance

How Teams Detect Issues Like This

Frequently Asked Questions

Source

Recent Vulnerabilities

HIGH RISK

HIGH

(7.3)

OS Command Injection (CWE-78) in Totolink A7100RU setGameSpeedCfg CGI Handler

HIGH RISK

HIGH

(7.3)

OS Command Injection (CWE-78) in Totolink A7100RU setFirewallType Handler

Vulnerability Type

Vulnerability Type

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