CVE•Published 2020-08-09•1 article on news•6 live references•NVD data
CVE-2020-16248
Vulnerability data via CVEDB (Shodan)
CVSS v3.1
5.8
MEDIUM
EPSS percentile
86
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 14% of all CVEs
Description
Prometheus Blackbox Exporter through 0.17.0 allows /probe?target= SSRF. NOTE: follow-on discussion suggests that this might plausibly be interpreted as both intended functionality and also a vulnerability
Timeline
Published 2020-08-09
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts
vuln:CVE-2020-16248Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product
product:"Prometheus Blackbox Exporter"All exposed Prometheus Blackbox Exporter instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Blackbox Exporter"HTTP body or banner mentions "Blackbox Exporter" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2020-16248Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2020-16248Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2020-16248Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2020-16248GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2020-16248" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.
Known PoCs on GitHub
No public proof-of-concept repositories found for CVE-2020-16248 on GitHub.