Check Point Advisories

Appwrite Server-Side Request Forgery (CVE-2023-27159)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2023-2023
Date Published: 14 Apr 2025
Severity: High
Last Updated: Monday 14 April, 2025
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2023-27159
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable? Appwrite 1.2.1 and prior
Vulnerability Description A server-side request forgery vulnerability exists in Appwrite. Successful exploitation would allow attackers to create HTTP requests on behalf of the vulnerable server.

Protection Overview

This protection detects attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R81 / R80 / R77 / R75

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Appwrite Server-Side Request Forgery (CVE-2023-27159) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
  2. Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name:  Web Server Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information:  Appwrite Server-Side Request Forgery (CVE-2023-27159)

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