Unauthenticated redirects via unvalidated Host header
Published Nov 22, 2022 · Updated Apr 29, 2025
Host header injection in Parallels Remote Application Server Web Client 18.0 allows remote attackers to redirect users via crafted HTTP Host headers. The web client trusts the supplied Host value without validation or escaping and reflects it into a 303 Location redirect to an attacker-controlled domain. Exploitation requires interception of an HTTP request by a man-in-the-middle attacker; the demonstrated consequence is browser redirection and potential follow-on malicious content, with no direct command execution shown in the published evidence.
Summary
What happened
Host header injection in Parallels Remote Application Server Web Client 18.0 allows remote attackers to redirect users via crafted HTTP Host headers. The web client trusts the supplied Host value without validation or escaping and reflects it into a 303 Location redirect to an attacker-controlled domain. Exploitation requires interception of an HTTP request by a man-in-the-middle attacker; the demonstrated consequence is browser redirection and potential follow-on malicious content, with no direct command execution shown in the published evidence.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-40870
- Published
- Nov 22, 2022
- Updated
- Apr 29, 2025
- Vendor
- Unknown vendor
- Product
- Unknown product
- Classifications
- CWE-116, T1189
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Nov 22, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 29, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- HHI_CVE-2022-40870.txt proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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