When the rewrite base is a plain string, the REQUEST_URI is appended to it, with no check that the path starts with a forward slash ('/').
When the rewrite base does not contain a path (which is the standard given in the SYNOPSIS), an attacker can create a request that changes the hostname. A request target starting with an at-sign ('@') changes the base to a RFC 3986 userinfo component.
For example, a rewrite base of "https://example.com" with the submitted request "GET @192.168.1.2/" will send a request to "https://example.com@192.168.1.2/", with the rendered content returned to the attacker.
This allows an attacker to access internal or restricted hosts that only the webserver has access to.
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Vendor Solution
Upgrade to version 0.3.0 or later.
Vendor Workaround
For deployments that cannot be upgraded, change the rewrite to a function that validates the path before appending it.
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| Description | Plack::App::Prerender versions before 0.3.0 for Perl can proxy to an arbitrary host via unvalidated REQUEST_URI concatenation in call. When the rewrite base is a plain string, the REQUEST_URI is appended to it, with no check that the path starts with a forward slash ('/'). When the rewrite base does not contain a path (which is the standard given in the SYNOPSIS), an attacker can create a request that changes the hostname. A request target starting with an at-sign ('@') changes the base to a RFC 3986 userinfo component. For example, a rewrite base of "https://example.com" with the submitted request "GET @192.168.1.2/" will send a request to "https://example.com@192.168.1.2/", with the rendered content returned to the attacker. This allows an attacker to access internal or restricted hosts that only the webserver has access to. | |
| Title | Plack::App::Prerender versions before 0.3.0 for Perl can proxy to an arbitrary host via unvalidated REQUEST_URI concatenation in call | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-918 | |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: CPANSec
Published:
Updated: 2026-07-28T13:47:10.576Z
Reserved: 2026-07-27T12:38:52.992Z
Link: CVE-2026-17552
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Updated: 2026-07-28T07:52:10.427Z
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