CVE-2020-11709 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')

Severity

75%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

60%

cpp-httplib through 0.5.8 does not filter \r\n in parameters passed into the set_redirect and set_header functions, which creates possibilities for CRLF injection and HTTP response splitting in some specific contexts.

cpp-httplib through 0.5.8 does not filter \r\n in parameters passed into the set_redirect and set_header functions, which creates possibilities for CRLF injection and HTTP response splitting in some specific contexts.

CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/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 4 years ago

2020-04-12 14:15:00

Last updated 4 years ago

2020-04-13 16:29:00

Affected Software

cpp-httplib Project cpp-httplib

References

https://gist.github.com/shouc/a9330df817128bc4c4132abf3de09495

Exploit, Third Party Advisory

https://github.com/yhirose/cpp-httplib/issues/425

Exploit, Third Party Advisory

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