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CVE-2022-24112 Apache APISIX: Emulation and Detection

In this lab, you’ll learn how to emulate, detect, and mitigate attacks against vulnerable instances of Apache APISIX. When you’re finished, you'll not only know how to exploit CVE-2022-24112, you'll also be able to protect against real-world attacks.

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Level
Beginner
Last updated
Jul 30, 2025
Duration
1h 30m

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Table of Contents
  1. Challenge

    Getting Started in the Lab Environment

    Here are the initial instructions and explanation of the lab environment. Read this while your environment is busy creating itself from nothing. Yes, this violates physics; we know. How fun!

  2. Challenge

    Emulating an Attack Against Apache APISIX

    In this section, we begin with the first challenge: emulating an attack against a vulnerable instance of Apache APISIX. The challenge consists of two hands-on exercises, which include initial discovery and exploitation of the vulnerability.

  3. Challenge

    Detecting Attacks Against Apache APISIX

    Armed with the knowledge of how to exploit the APISIX vulnerability, we're ready to proceed with the next challenge: detecting exploitation attempts. The challenge consists of a hands-on exercise, where we leverage Apache's advanced logging and security capabilities to detect real-time attacks

  4. Challenge

    Preventing Attacks Against Apache APISIX

    With the knowledge of how to perform and detect attacks against Apache APISIX, we are now ready to progress to the next challenge, where we leverage Apache to prevent attacks against vulnerable APISIX instances. This challenge consists of a hands-on exercise, whereby the mod-security module will be configured to prevent real-time attacks

  5. Challenge

    Apache APISIX (CVE-2022-24112): Emulation and Detection

    Welcome to the final challenge! This is your last chance to experiment in the environment. Clicking Finish Lab will end this little world that flittered into existence just for you.

About the author

West is an infosec professional specializing in offensive security. He serves as the team lead for the Commonwealth of Kentucky's enterprise red team and has over a decade of IT experience.

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