CVE-2019-16645 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')

Severity

86%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

66%

An issue was discovered in Embedthis GoAhead 2.5.0. Certain pages (such as goform/login and config/log_off_page.htm) create links containing a hostname obtained from an arbitrary HTTP Host header sent by an attacker. This could potentially be used in a phishing attack.

An issue was discovered in Embedthis GoAhead 2.5.0. Certain pages (such as goform/login and config/log_off_page.htm) create links containing a hostname obtained from an arbitrary HTTP Host header sent by an attacker. This could potentially be used in a phishing attack.

CVSS 3.1 Base Score 8.6. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N).

Overview

First reported 5 years ago

2019-09-20 19:15:00

Last updated 5 years ago

2019-10-01 23:15:00

Affected Software

Embedthis GoAhead 2.5.0

2.5.0

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154652/GoAhead-2.5.0-Host-Header-Injection.html

https://github.com/Ramikan/Vulnerabilities/blob/master/GoAhead%20Web%20server%20HTTP%20Header%20Injection

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