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CVE-2012-5486

MEDIUM severity · CVSS 6.4
6.4CVSS MEDIUM

Summary

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.

Impact & exploitability

Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges required
User interaction
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Exploit probability (EPSS)2%

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Affected products we track (1)

Recommendation

Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.

Official patch: https://plone.org/products/plone-hotfix/releases/20121106 ↗