CVE-2012-5486 describes an HTTP header injection vulnerability in Zope 2, specifically within the ZPublisher.HTTPRequest._scrubHeader function, affecting Zope 2 before version 2.13.19 and Plone before 4.3 beta 1. An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit this flaw by injecting arbitrary HTTP headers using a linefeed character. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.4, indicating medium severity with low attack complexity and potential for partial integrity and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 4.2.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
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