CVE•Published 2026-03-19•2 articles on news•7 live references•NVD data

CVE-2025-71259

Vulnerability data via CVEDB (Shodan)

CVSS v3.1

5.3

MEDIUM

EPSS percentile

Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 4% of all CVEs

Description

BMC FootPrints ITSM versions 20.20.02 through 20.24.01.001 contain a blind server-side request forgery vulnerability in the externalfeed/RSS API component that allows authenticated attackers to trigger arbitrary outbound requests from the server. Attackers can exploit insufficient validation of externally supplied resource references to interact with internal services or cause resource exhaustion impacting availability. The following hotfixes remediate the vulnerability: 20.20.02, 20.20.03.002, 20.21.01.001, 20.21.02.002, 20.22.01, 20.22.01.001, 20.23.01, 20.23.01.002, and 20.24.01.

Timeline

Published 2026-03-19

External references

NVD MITRE Exploit-DB GitHub PoC Sploitus trickest/cve VulnCheck

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-2025-71259

Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.

Shodan · product

product:"Bmc Footprints Itsm"

All exposed Bmc Footprints Itsm instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.

Shodan · banner/body mention

http.html:"Footprints Itsm"

HTTP body or banner mentions "Footprints Itsm" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.

More intel sources (5)

Shodan report

vuln:CVE-2025-71259