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Telerik.Web.UI.WebResource.axd

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What is this endpoint?

Telerik.Web.UI.WebResource.axd

Telerik UI for ASP.NET AJAX web-resource handler, target of CVE-2017-9248 and CVE-2019-18935

What an attacker could do

Confirms a vulnerable Telerik UI for ASP.NET AJAX handler; CVE-2017-9248 allows decryption of the dialog key and CVE-2019-18935 enables deserialization leading to remote code execution on the web server.

How to defend it

Upgrade Telerik UI to a patched release, rotate the Telerik.Web.UI encryption keys, and disable the dialog handler/async-upload if unused.

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