dirk1983/chatgpt - RCE (CVE-2024-27564)

CVE-2024-27564 is a Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in the picture proxy functionality of certain web applications, enabling attackers to coerce the server into making arbitrary web requests by manipulating image retrieval URLs.

CrowdSec has been tracking this vulnerability and its exploits since 27th of February 2025.

According to CrowdSec data, while opportunistic exploitation dominates, a portion of threat actors trying to exploit CVE-2024-27564 apply basic targeting methods such as port or service detection. This indicates emerging patterns of selective targeting. Telemetry from the CrowdSec network also shows that exploitation activity for CVE-2024-27564 remains steady week-over-week. Attack volumes are consistent with long-term trends, indicating sustained interest from threat actors. CVE-2024-27564 continues to be an active part of the threat landscape and will likely remain this way for the forseeable future.

Exploitation attempts are characterized by access to URLs containing /pictureproxy.php?url=file://.