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CVE-2010-2761

19
FAUCET Score

CVE-2010-2761 describes an HTTP response splitting vulnerability affecting CGI.pm versions prior to 3.50 and CGI::Simple 1.112 and earlier. The vulnerability stems from the use of a hardcoded MIME boundary string, allowing remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTTP headers through crafted input. With a CVSS score of 4.3, this medium-severity vulnerability requires medium attack complexity and could lead to partial integrity impact (HTTP response splitting). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 3.49CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:andy_armstrong:cgi.pm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:andy_armstrong:cgi.pm:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.42CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:andy_armstrong:cgi.pm:1.42:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.43CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:andy_armstrong:cgi.pm:1.43:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.44CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:andy_armstrong:cgi.pm:1.44:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.71%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
84.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0271 is in the 76th percentile among its peer group of 19,953 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: perl-3:5.8.5-57.el4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: perl-4:5.8.8-32.el5_7.6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: perl-4:5.10.1-119.el6
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2010-2761Moderate

perl-CGI-Simple: - hardcoded MIME boundary value for multipart content, CVE-2010-4410 - CRLF injection allowing HTTP response splitting

Nov 10, 2010

References

cpansearch.perl.org / src/LDS/CGI.pm-3.50/Changes
kb.juniper.net / InfoCenter/index
kb.juniper.net / InfoCenter/index
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2011-February/053665.html
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2011-February/053678.html
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053576.html
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053591.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00003.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2011-04/msg00000.html
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2010/12/01/1
Patch
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2010/12/01/2
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2010/12/01/3
Patch
osvdb.org / 69588
osvdb.org / 69589
perl5.git.perl.org / perl.git/blobdiff/a0b94c2432b1d8c20653453a0f6970cb10f59aec..84601d63a7e34958da47dad1e61e27cb3bd467d1:/cpan/CGI/lib/CGI.pm
Patch
perl5.git.perl.org / perl.git/commit/84601d63a7e34958da47dad1e61e27cb3bd467d1
Patch
bugzilla.mozilla.org / show_bug.cgi
bugzilla.mozilla.org / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/42877
secunia.com / advisories/43033
secunia.com / advisories/43068
secunia.com / advisories/43147
secunia.com / advisories/43165
github.com / AndyA/CGI--Simple/commit/e4942b871a26c1317a175a91ebb7262eea59b380
Patch
bugzilla.org / security/3.2.9
mandriva.com / security/advisories
mandriva.com / security/advisories
nntp.perl.org / group/perl.perl5.changes/2010/11/msg28043.html
Patch
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2011-1797.html
vupen.com / english/advisories/2011/0076
vupen.com / english/advisories/2011/0207
vupen.com / english/advisories/2011/0212
vupen.com / english/advisories/2011/0249
vupen.com / english/advisories/2011/0271