CVE-2020-23622
Published: 15 August 2022
Summary
CVE-2020-23622 is a high-severity SSRF (CWE-918) vulnerability in Cling Project Cling. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 31.3% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-6530
Vulnerability details
An issue in the UPnP protocol in 4thline cling 2.0.0 through 2.1.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via an unchecked CALLBACK parameter in the request header
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Penetration testing attempts server-side requests to internal resources, identifying SSRF weaknesses for remediation.
Outbound connections to external resources can be monitored and limited at the boundary, reducing SSRF impact.
Validates server-side URLs and resource references to block SSRF attempts.
Detects server-side request forgery through monitoring of unexpected outbound connections.