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SOAPwn: Pwning .NET Framework Applications Through HTTP Client Proxies And WSDL

@chudyPB and Piotr Bazydlo (@chudyPB) · watchTowr Labs · 10 December 2025

A missing cast in .NET Framework's SOAP HTTP client proxies lets a file:// or UNC URL make the proxy write its SOAP request body to disk instead of sending it. Attacker-supplied WSDL sets that URL and much of the body, giving arbitrary file write, webshell drops and pre-authentication RCE in enterprise products.

Record

Researcher

@chudyPB and Piotr Bazydlo (@chudyPB)

Published by

watchTowr Labs

Date

10 December 2025

In the archive

• Ranked #5 in the 2025 Top 10 Web Hacking Techniques

Related sources

• Full research whitepaper
• Talk recording

Tags

• soap
• dotnet
• rce
• file-upload
• ssrf
• aspnet
• cve
• attack-chain
• owasp-a10-2021

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