# CVE-2022-45102: Open redirect in Data Protection Central

> Remote unauthenticated attackers can inject Host headers to poison web caches or trigger redirections in Dell EMC Data Protection Central.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 1 Feb 2023
- **Updated:** 26 Mar 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-vhfp-p9xr-gg6w

## What is CVE-2022-45102?

CVE-2022-45102 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dell Data Protection Central, published on 1 Feb 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Dell EMC Data Protection Central, versions 19.1 through 19.7, contains a Host Header Injection vulnerability. A remote unauthenticated attacker may potentially exploit this vulnerability by injecting arbitrary \u2018Host\u2019 header values to poison a web cache or trigger redirections.

Weakness: CWE-116 (Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output), CWE-644 (Improper Neutralization of HTTP Headers for Scripting Syntax)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-45102?

It affects 3 products.


Products: Dell Dp4400 Firmware, Dell Dp5900 Firmware, Dell Emc Data Protection Central.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-45102?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-45102 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-45102 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-45102 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-45102 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-45102 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dell Data Protection Central, published on 1 Feb 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-45102 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Dell Data Protection Central. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-45102/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-45102/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-45102
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-45102
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-45102

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-45102/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.