Browser script execution via ignored POST bodies
Published Aug 10, 2022 · Updated Sep 16, 2024
Client-side request smuggling in Cisco ASA and FTD VPN web services allows remote attackers to execute script in users' browsers. The service responds to POST requests without consuming the declared body, then reuses the HTTP/1.1 connection so body bytes prefix the next request. Exploitation requires enabled AnyConnect or Clientless SSL VPN endpoints and user interaction; browser content is affected, but the appliance is not directly affected.
Summary
What happened
Client-side request smuggling in Cisco ASA and FTD VPN web services allows remote attackers to execute script in users' browsers. The service responds to POST requests without consuming the declared body, then reuses the HTTP/1.1 connection so body bytes prefix the next request. Exploitation requires enabled AnyConnect or Clientless SSL VPN endpoints and user interaction; browser content is affected, but the appliance is not directly affected.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-20713
- Published
- Aug 10, 2022
- Updated
- Sep 16, 2024
- Vendor
- ClamAV
- Product
- Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software
- Classifications
- CWE-444, CAPEC-33, T1190
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Aug 10, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Sep 16, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=9.12.1
- Affected versionversion=9.12.1.2
- Affected versionversion=9.12.1.3
- Affected versionversion=9.12.2
- Affected versionversion=9.12.2.1
- Affected versionversion=9.12.2.4
- Affected versionversion=9.12.2.5
- Affected versionversion=9.12.2.9
- Affected versionversion=9.12.3
- Affected versionversion=9.12.3.12
- Affected versionversion=9.12.3.2
- Affected versionversion=9.12.3.7
- Affected versionversion=9.12.3.9
- Affected versionversion=9.12.4
- Affected versionversion=9.12.4.10
- Affected versionversion=9.12.4.13
- Affected versionversion=9.12.4.18
- Affected versionversion=9.12.4.2
- Affected versionversion=9.12.4.24
- Affected versionversion=9.12.4.26
- Affected versionversion=9.12.4.29
- Affected versionversion=9.12.4.30
- Affected versionversion=9.12.4.35
- Affected versionversion=9.12.4.37
- Affected versionversion=9.12.4.38
- Affected versionversion=9.12.4.39
- Affected versionversion=9.12.4.4
- Affected versionversion=9.12.4.40
- Affected versionversion=9.12.4.41
- Affected versionversion=9.12.4.47
- Affected versionversion=9.12.4.48
- Affected versionversion=9.12.4.50
- Affected versionversion=9.12.4.52
- Affected versionversion=9.12.4.54
- Affected versionversion=9.12.4.55
- Affected versionversion=9.12.4.56
- Affected versionversion=9.12.4.58
- Affected versionversion=9.12.4.7
- Affected versionversion=9.12.4.8
- Affected versionversion=9.14.1
- Affected versionversion=9.14.1.10
- Affected versionversion=9.14.1.15
- Affected versionversion=9.14.1.19
- Affected versionversion=9.14.1.30
- Affected versionversion=9.14.1.6
- Affected versionversion=9.14.2
- Affected versionversion=9.14.2.13
- Affected versionversion=9.14.2.15
- Affected versionversion=9.14.2.4
- Affected versionversion=9.14.2.8
- Affected versionversion=9.14.3
- Affected versionversion=9.14.3.1
- Affected versionversion=9.14.3.11
- Affected versionversion=9.14.3.13
- Affected versionversion=9.14.3.15
- Affected versionversion=9.14.3.18
- Affected versionversion=9.14.3.9
- Affected versionversion=9.14.4
- Affected versionversion=9.14.4.12
- Affected versionversion=9.14.4.13
- Affected versionversion=9.14.4.14
- Affected versionversion=9.14.4.15
- Affected versionversion=9.14.4.17
- Affected versionversion=9.14.4.22
- Affected versionversion=9.14.4.23
- Affected versionversion=9.14.4.6
- Affected versionversion=9.14.4.7
- Affected versionversion=9.15.1
- Affected versionversion=9.15.1.1
- Affected versionversion=9.15.1.10
- Affected versionversion=9.15.1.15
- Affected versionversion=9.15.1.16
- Affected versionversion=9.15.1.17
- Affected versionversion=9.15.1.21
- Affected versionversion=9.15.1.7
- Affected versionversion=9.16.1
- Affected versionversion=9.16.1.28
- Affected versionversion=9.16.2
- Affected versionversion=9.16.2.11
- Affected versionversion=9.16.2.13
- Affected versionversion=9.16.2.14
- Affected versionversion=9.16.2.3
- Affected versionversion=9.16.2.7
- Affected versionversion=9.16.3
- Affected versionversion=9.16.3.14
- Affected versionversion=9.16.3.15
- Affected versionversion=9.16.3.19
- Affected versionversion=9.16.3.23
- Affected versionversion=9.16.3.3
- Affected versionversion=9.16.4
- Affected versionversion=9.16.4.14
- Affected versionversion=9.16.4.18
- Affected versionversion=9.16.4.19
- Affected versionversion=9.16.4.27
- Affected versionversion=9.16.4.9
- Affected versionversion=9.17.1
- Affected versionversion=9.17.1.10
- Affected versionversion=9.17.1.11
- Affected versionversion=9.17.1.13
- Affected versionversion=9.17.1.15
- Affected versionversion=9.17.1.20
- Affected versionversion=9.17.1.30
- Affected versionversion=9.17.1.7
- Affected versionversion=9.17.1.9
- Affected versionversion=9.18.1
- Affected versionversion=9.18.1.3
- Affected versionversion=9.18.2
- Affected versionversion=9.18.2.5
- Affected versionversion=9.18.2.7
- Affected versionversion=9.18.2.8
- Affected versionversion=9.18.3
- Affected versionversion=9.18.3.39
- Affected versionversion=9.18.3.46
- Affected versionversion=9.19.1
- Affected versionversion=9.19.1.12
- Affected versionversion=9.19.1.5
- Affected versionversion=9.19.1.9
- Affected versionversion=9.8.1
- Affected versionversion=9.8.1.5
- Affected versionversion=9.8.1.7
- Affected versionversion=9.8.2
- Affected versionversion=9.8.2.14
- Affected versionversion=9.8.2.15
- Affected versionversion=9.8.2.17
- Affected versionversion=9.8.2.20
- Affected versionversion=9.8.2.24
- Affected versionversion=9.8.2.26
- Affected versionversion=9.8.2.28
- Affected versionversion=9.8.2.33
- Affected versionversion=9.8.2.35
- Affected versionversion=9.8.2.38
- Affected versionversion=9.8.2.8
- Affected versionversion=9.8.3
- Affected versionversion=9.8.3.11
- Affected versionversion=9.8.3.14
- Affected versionversion=9.8.3.16
- Affected versionversion=9.8.3.18
- Affected versionversion=9.8.3.21
- Affected versionversion=9.8.3.26
- Affected versionversion=9.8.3.29
- Affected versionversion=9.8.3.8
- Affected versionversion=9.8.4
- Affected versionversion=9.8.4.10
- Affected versionversion=9.8.4.12
- Affected versionversion=9.8.4.15
- Affected versionversion=9.8.4.17
- Affected versionversion=9.8.4.20
- Affected versionversion=9.8.4.22
- Affected versionversion=9.8.4.25
- Affected versionversion=9.8.4.26
- Affected versionversion=9.8.4.29
- Affected versionversion=9.8.4.3
- Affected versionversion=9.8.4.32
- Affected versionversion=9.8.4.33
- Affected versionversion=9.8.4.34
- Affected versionversion=9.8.4.35
- Affected versionversion=9.8.4.39
- Affected versionversion=9.8.4.40
- Affected versionversion=9.8.4.41
- Affected versionversion=9.8.4.43
- Affected versionversion=9.8.4.44
- Affected versionversion=9.8.4.45
- Affected versionversion=9.8.4.46
- Affected versionversion=9.8.4.48
- Affected versionversion=9.8.4.7
- Affected versionversion=9.8.4.8
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Attacks
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Public exploit references
- Cisco WebVPN client-side cache-poisoning proof of conceptfunctional · demonstrated
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