7.3 HIGH
- CVSS version: 3.1
- Attack vector (AV): NETWORK
- Attack complexity (AC): LOW
- Privileges required (PR): NONE
- User interaction (UI): NONE
- Scope (S): UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality impact (C): LOW
- Integrity impact (I): LOW
- Availability impact (A): LOW
CGI::Simple versions 1.281 and earlier for Perl has a HTTP response splitting flaw
CGI::Simple versions before 1.282 for Perl has a HTTP response splitting flaw This vulnerability is a confirmed HTTP response splitting flaw in CGI::Simple that allows HTTP response header injection, which can be used for reflected XSS or open redirect under certain conditions. Although some validation exists, it can be bypassed using URL-encoded values, allowing an attacker to inject untrusted content into the response via query parameters. As a result, an attacker can inject a line break (e.g. %0A) into the parameter value, causing the server to split the HTTP response and inject arbitrary headers or even an HTML/JavaScript body, leading to reflected cross-site scripting (XSS), open redirect or other attacks. The issue documented in CVE-2010-4410 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-4410 is related but the fix was incomplete. Impact By injecting %0A (newline) into a query string parameter, an attacker can: * Break the current HTTP header * Inject a new header or entire body * Deliver a script payload that is reflected in the server’s response That can lead to the following attacks: * reflected XSS * open redirect * cache poisoning * header manipulation
References
- https://metacpan.org/release/MANWAR/CGI-Simple-1.281/source/lib/CGI/Simple.pm#L… related
- https://metacpan.org/release/MANWAR/CGI-Simple-1.281/diff/MANWAR/CGI-Simple-1.2… related
- https://owasp.org/www-community/attacks/HTTP_Response_Splitting technical-description
- https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7230#section-3 technical-description
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-2320 related
- https://rt.perl.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=21951 related
Affected products
- <1.282
Matching in nixpkgs
pkgs.perlPackages.CGISimple
Simple totally OO CGI interface that is CGI.pm compliant
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nixos-unstable -
- nixpkgs-unstable 1.282
pkgs.perl538Packages.CGISimple
Simple totally OO CGI interface that is CGI.pm compliant
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nixos-unstable -
- nixpkgs-unstable 1.282
pkgs.perl540Packages.CGISimple
Simple totally OO CGI interface that is CGI.pm compliant
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nixos-unstable -
- nixpkgs-unstable 1.282