CVE-2012-5486

high

Description

ZPublisher.HTTPRequest._scrubHeader in Zope 2 before 2.13.19, as used in Plone before 4.3 beta 1, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTTP headers via a linefeed (LF) character.

References

https://plone.org/products/plone/security/advisories/20121106/02

https://plone.org/products/plone-hotfix/releases/20121106

https://bugs.launchpad.net/zope2/+bug/930812

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/10/1

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1194.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2014-09-30

Updated: 2025-04-12

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Severity: High

CVSS v4

Base Score: 8.7

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N