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FKIE_CVE-2022-38114

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2022-11-23 17:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 04:56

Severity

6.1 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
6.1 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Summary

This vulnerability occurs when a web server fails to correctly process the Content-Length of POST requests. This can lead to HTTP request smuggling or XSS.

References

URL	Tags
psirt@solarwinds.com	https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/sem/content/release_notes/sem_2022-4_release_notes.htm	Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
psirt@solarwinds.com	https://www.solarwinds.com/trust-center/security-advisories/CVE-2022-38114	Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/sem/content/release_notes/sem_2022-4_release_notes.htm	Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://www.solarwinds.com/trust-center/security-advisories/CVE-2022-38114	Vendor Advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	solarwinds	security_event_manager	*

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CVE-2022-38114 (GCVE-0-2022-38114)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-11-23 00:00 – Updated: 2025-04-25 20:28

Title

Client-Side Desync Vulnerability

Summary

This vulnerability occurs when a web server fails to correctly process the Content-Length of POST requests. This can lead to HTTP request smuggling or XSS.

Severity

6.1 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-04-25 20:28 UTC

CWE

CWE-444 - Inconsistent Interpretation of HTTP Requests ('HTTP Request Smuggling')
CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Assigner

SolarWinds mitre root

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_c…
https://www.solarwinds.com/trust-center/security-…

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
SolarWinds	SolarWinds SEM	Affected: 2022.2 and previous versions , < 2022.4 (custom)

Credits

SolarWinds would like to thank Ken Pyle of CYBIR for disclosing this vulnerability to us responsibly.

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