CVE-2019-5097 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting the GoAhead web server (versions v5.0.1, v4.1.1, and v3.6.5) due to an infinite loop triggered by specially crafted multi-part/form-data HTTP requests. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) can be exploited unauthenticated via GET or POST requests, leading to a complete denial of service for affected systems. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness within the security community.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.6.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:embedthis:goahead:3.6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:embedthis:goahead:4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:embedthis:goahead:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 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.