CVE-2020-5775
Server-Side Request Forgery in Canvas LMS 2020-07-29 allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to...
Server-Side Request Forgery in Canvas LMS 2020-07-29 allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to cause the Canvas application to perform HTTP GET requests to arbitrary domains.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Server-Side Request Forgery in Canvas LMS 2020-07-29 allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to cause the Canvas application to perform HTTP GET requests to arbitrary domains.
- Record
CVE-2020-5775- CVSS 3.1
- 5.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-918
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Server-Side Request Forgery in Canvas LMS 2020-07-29 allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to cause the Canvas application to perform HTTP GET requests to arbitrary domains.
- Record
CVE-2020-5775- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-26934 No score
Server-Side Request Forgery in Canvas LMS 2020-07-29 allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to cause the Canvas application to perform HTTP GET requests to arbitrary domains.
- Record
EUVD-2020-26934- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-wp9p-6x4v-9fxx No score
Server-Side Request Forgery in Canvas LMS 2020-07-29 allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to...
Server-Side Request Forgery in Canvas LMS 2020-07-29 allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to cause the Canvas application to perform HTTP GET requests to arbitrary domains.
- Record
GHSA-wp9p-6x4v-9fxx- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVBIT-canvaslms-2020-5775 No score
Server-Side Request Forgery in Canvas LMS 2020-07-29 allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to cause the Canvas application to perform HTTP GET requests to arbitrary domains.
- Record
BIT-canvaslms-2020-5775- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
canvaslmsBitnami |
2020-07-29.0.0 to 2020-07-29.0.0 | None known |
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Nuclei | Canvas LMS v2020-07-29 - Blind Server-Side Request Forgery |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, Nuclei, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-5775 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.8) in Instructure Canvas Learning Management Service, published August 21, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 6.59%, the 93rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.