CVE-2012-5486
mediumpriority · track · 27EPSS 0.025 · 85 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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.
cvss
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5.4–7.5
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affected products (98)
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advisories (3)
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- GHSA-77hv-8796-8ccpHTTP header injection in Plone and Zope22018-07-23ghsa · osvUS
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.
- PYSEC-2014-282014-09-30vendor · osvUS
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.
- PYSEC-2014-732014-09-30vendor · osvUS
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.
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references (18)
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- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1194.htmlcnnvd
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/10/1cnnvd
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:1194cnnvd
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-5486cnnvd
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/zope2/+bug/930812cnnvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=878939cnnvd
- https://plone.org/products/plone-hotfix/releases/20121106cnnvd
- https://plone.org/products/plone/security/advisories/20121106/02cnnvd
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