Qlik Sense Enterprise on Windows HTTP Request request smuggling

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Qlik Sense Enterprise on Windows. It has been declared as critical. This affects an unknown function of the component HTTP Request Handler. Such manipulation leads to an unknown weakness. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2023-48365. The attack may be launched remotely. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Qlik Sense Enterprise on Windows (version now known). Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component HTTP Request Handler. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-444. The product acts as an intermediary HTTP agent (such as a proxy or firewall) in the data flow between two entities such as a client and server, but it does not interpret malformed HTTP requests or responses in ways that are consistent with how the messages will be processed by those entities that are at the ultimate destination. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Qlik Sense Enterprise for Windows before August 2023 Patch 2 allows unauthenticated remote code execution, aka QB-21683. Due to improper validation of HTTP headers, a remote attacker is able to elevate their privilege by tunneling HTTP requests, allowing them to execute HTTP requests on the backend server that hosts the repository application. The fixed versions are August 2023 Patch 2, May 2023 Patch 6, February 2023 Patch 10, November 2022 Patch 12, August 2022 Patch 14, May 2022 Patch 16, February 2022 Patch 15, and November 2021 Patch 17. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2023-41265.

The weakness was shared 11/16/2023. The advisory is available at community.qlik.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2023-48365 since 11/15/2023. Technical details are unknown but an exploit is available.

It is declared as attacked. This issue was added on 01/13/2025 to the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog with a due date of 02/03/2025:

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

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Class: Request smuggling
CWE: CWE-444
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: community.qlik.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-48365 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-48365
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-245594
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 11/16/2023 07:24
Updated: 03/17/2025 20:05
Changes: 11/16/2023 07:24 (47), 12/12/2023 14:21 (12), 01/13/2025 18:03 (16), 01/13/2025 20:18 (13), 03/17/2025 20:05 (1)
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