Cyber Resilience

CVE-2022-28923

MediumPublic PoC

Published: 06 February 2023

Published
06 February 2023
Modified
26 March 2025
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 6.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0324 87.4th percentile
Risk Priority 14 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2022-28923 is a medium-severity Open Redirect (CWE-601) vulnerability in Caddyserver Caddy. Its CVSS base score is 6.1 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked in the top 12.6% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

Deeper analysis

Caddy version 2.4.6 contains an open redirection vulnerability tracked as CVE-2022-28923 and assigned CWE-601. The flaw received a CVSS 3.1 score of 6.1 reflecting network attack vector, low complexity, no required privileges, and required user interaction, with impacts limited to limited confidentiality and integrity loss in a changed scope.

An unauthenticated attacker can supply a crafted URL that causes the server to redirect victims to an arbitrary external site. Successful exploitation enables phishing campaigns that may capture credentials or deliver further malicious content while appearing to originate from the trusted Caddy-hosted domain.

The EPSS probability rose from a low baseline to a peak of 0.2657 before receding to the current value of 0.0324, indicating that exploitation interest emerged after public disclosure and that the issue merits renewed attention. Responsible-disclosure information is published at the referenced URL.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Caddy v2.4.6 was discovered to contain an open redirection vulnerability which allows attackers to redirect users to phishing websites via crafted URLs.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

caddyserver
caddy
2.4.6

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.

addresses: CWE-601

Security awareness includes verifying URLs and avoiding untrusted redirects that lead to malicious sites.

addresses: CWE-601

Validates redirect targets and URLs to ensure they conform to allowed destinations.

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