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Gateway Firmware CVE-2020-10112

MEDIUM
HTTP Request/Response Smuggling (CWE-444)
2020-03-06 cve@mitre.org
5.4
CVSS 3.1 · NVD
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Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A06:2025 - Insecure Design
ASVS 5.0
V4 - API and Web Service HTTP request consistency
Impact

CVSS score of 5.4 (MEDIUM). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, user interaction required. Public proof-of-concept exploit code is available.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

A remote attacker could manipulate HTTP request interpretation between frontend and backend servers by sending crafted requests to the affected application. No authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).
No patch listed yet 1.4% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAI

Citrix Gateway 11.1, 12.0, and 12.1 allows Cache Poisoning. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.4), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

RemediationAI

No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Enforce strict HTTP parsing, normalize requests at proxy layer, use HTTP/2 end-to-end, reject ambiguous headers.

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Technical ContextAI · show details

This vulnerability is classified as HTTP Request/Response Smuggling (CWE-444), which allows attackers to manipulate HTTP request interpretation between frontend and backend servers. Citrix Gateway 11.1, 12.0, and 12.1 allows Cache Poisoning. NOTE: Citrix disputes this as not a vulnerability. By default, Citrix ADC only caches static content served under certain URL paths for Citrix Gateway usage. No dynamic content is served under these paths, which implies that those cached pages would not change based on parameter values. All other data traffic going through Citrix Gateway are NOT cached by default Affected products include: Citrix Gateway Firmware.

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Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY 5.4 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorNVD

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

DescriptionNVD

Citrix Gateway 11.1, 12.0, and 12.1 allows Cache Poisoning. NOTE: Citrix disputes this as not a vulnerability. By default, Citrix ADC only caches static content served under certain URL paths for Citrix Gateway usage. No dynamic content is served under these paths, which implies that those cached pages would not change based on parameter values. All other data traffic going through Citrix Gateway are NOT cached by default

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
1.4%
Top 30% exploitable
Exploit
POC
Public exploit code exists
Data Quality
2 sources
Confidence: Low

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity MEDIUM
CISA KEV No
Public POC Yes
EPSS 1.4%
Patch available No
Active threat No
Deciding rule
MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Scheduled
Exploitation· derived
Poc
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable· derived
No
Human Impact· derived
Medium

Priority Score

48
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: +1
CVSS: +27
PoC: +20
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

HTTP request smuggling exploits inconsistencies in how front-end and back-end servers parse HTTP message boundaries.

Information disclosure occurs when an application unintentionally exposes sensitive data that aids attackers in reconnaissance or directly compromises security.

Affected Products (CPE)NVD

cpe:2.3:o:citrix:gateway_firmware:11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:citrix:gateway_firmware:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:citrix:gateway_firmware:12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2019-19781 CRITICAL POC
9.8 Dec 27

Citrix Application Delivery Controller and Gateway contain a directory traversal vulnerability allowing unauthenticated

CVE-2020-10111 HIGH POC
7.5 Mar 06

Citrix Gateway 11.1, 12.0, and 12.1 has an Inconsistent Interpretation of HTTP Requests. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5),

CVE-2020-8195 MEDIUM POC
6.5 Jul 10

Improper input validation in Citrix ADC and Citrix Gateway versions before 13.0-58.30, 12.1-57.18, 12.0-63.21, 11.1-64.1

CVE-2020-8194 MEDIUM POC
6.5 Jul 10

Reflected code injection in Citrix ADC and Citrix Gateway versions before 13.0-58.30, 12.1-57.18, 12.0-63.21, 11.1-64.14

CVE-2020-8193 MEDIUM POC
6.5 Jul 10

Improper access control in Citrix ADC and Citrix Gateway versions before 13.0-58.30, 12.1-57.18, 12.0-63.21, 11.1-64.14

CVE-2020-8191 MEDIUM POC
6.1 Jul 10

Improper input validation in Citrix ADC and Citrix Gateway versions before 13.0-58.30, 12.1-57.18, 12.0-63.21, 11.1-64.1

CVE-2019-18225 CRITICAL
9.8 Oct 21

An issue was discovered in Citrix Application Delivery Controller (ADC) and Gateway before 10.5 build 70.8, 11.x before

CVE-2020-10110 MEDIUM POC
5.3 Mar 06

Citrix Gateway 11.1, 12.0, and 12.1 allows Information Exposure Through Caching. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.3), this

CVE-2020-8197 HIGH
8.8 Jul 10

Privilege escalation vulnerability on Citrix ADC and Citrix Gateway versions before 13.0-58.30, 12.1-57.18, 12.0-63.21,

CVE-2020-8190 HIGH
7.5 Jul 10

Incorrect file permissions in Citrix ADC and Citrix Gateway before versions 13.0-58.30, 12.1-57.18, 12.0-63.21, 11.1-64.

CVE-2020-8198 MEDIUM
6.1 Jul 10

Improper input validation in Citrix ADC and Citrix Gateway versions before 13.0-58.30, 12.1-57.18, 12.0-63.21, 11.1-64.1

CVE-2020-8196 MEDIUM
4.3 Jul 10

Improper access control in Citrix ADC and Citrix Gateway versions before 13.0-58.30, 12.1-57.18, 12.0-63.21, 11.1-64.14

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