CVE-2016-1900 describes a CRLF injection vulnerability in the cgit_print_http_headers function of CGit versions prior to 0.12, impacting cgit_project cgit and fedora. This flaw allows remote attackers with repository write permissions to inject arbitrary HTTP headers through newline characters in filenames. The vulnerability has a low CVSS score of 3.7, indicating a high attack complexity and low impact, primarily leading to HTTP response splitting or cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage, suggesting it is not a widely targeted vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
22CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:22:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 0.11.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cgit_project:cgit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
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