CVE-2017-5868 describes a CRLF injection vulnerability in the web interface of OpenVPN Access Server version 2.1.4. This flaw allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTTP headers, leading to potential session fixation and HTTP response splitting attacks. Rated Medium severity with a CVSS score of 6.1, the vulnerability requires user interaction and has a low attack complexity, impacting confidentiality and integrity. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, a Nuclei template exists, and the vulnerability has received some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness, though no public Metasploit or ExploitDB exploits are available.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.1.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:openvpn:openvpn_access_server:2.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.