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'''HTTP request smuggling''' is a [[security exploit]] on the [[HTTP]] protocol that uses inconsistency between the interpretation of <code>Content-length</code> and/or <code>Transfer-encoding</code> headers between HTTP server implementations in an [[HTTP proxy server]] chain.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/444.html|title=CWE - CWE-444: Inconsistent Interpretation of HTTP Requests ('HTTP Request Smuggling') (4.0)|website=cwe.mitre.org|access-date=2020-03-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://portswigger.net/web-security/request-smuggling|title=What is HTTP request smuggling? Tutorial & Examples {{!}} Web Security Academy|website=portswigger.net|access-date=2020-03-13}}</ref>
'''HTTP request smuggling''' is a [[security exploit]] on the [[HTTP]] protocol that uses inconsistency between the interpretation of <code>Content-length</code> and/or <code>Transfer-encoding</code> headers between HTTP server implementations in an [[HTTP proxy server]] chain.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/444.html|title=CWE - CWE-444: Inconsistent Interpretation of HTTP Requests ('HTTP Request Smuggling') (4.0)|website=cwe.mitre.org|access-date=2020-03-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://portswigger.net/web-security/request-smuggling|title=What is HTTP request smuggling? Tutorial & Examples {{!}} Web Security Academy|website=portswigger.net|access-date=2020-03-13}}</ref>It was first documented in 2005, and was again repopularized by PortSwigger's research.<ref name="portswigger1 />


==Types==
==Types==

Revision as of 08:16, 13 July 2020

HTTP request smuggling is a security exploit on the HTTP protocol that uses inconsistency between the interpretation of Content-length and/or Transfer-encoding headers between HTTP server implementations in an HTTP proxy server chain.[1][2]It was first documented in 2005, and was again repopularized by PortSwigger's research.[3]

Types

CL.TE

In this type of HTTP request smuggling, the front end processes the request using Content-Length header while backend processes the request using Transfer-Encoding header.[3]

TE.CL

In this type of HTTP request smuggling, the front end processes request using Transfer-Encoding header while backend processes the request using Content-Length header.[3]

References

  1. ^ "CWE - CWE-444: Inconsistent Interpretation of HTTP Requests ('HTTP Request Smuggling') (4.0)". cwe.mitre.org. Retrieved 2020-03-13.
  2. ^ "What is HTTP request smuggling? Tutorial & Examples | Web Security Academy". portswigger.net. Retrieved 2020-03-13.
  3. ^ a b c "HTTP request smuggling".