CVE-2008-0202 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

CRLF injection vulnerability in index.php in ExpressionEngine 1.2.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTTP headers and conduct HTTP response splitting attacks via the URL parameter.

Published: 2008-01-10

Score: 4.3 Medium

EPSS: 1.2% Low

KEV: No

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:expressionengine:expressionengine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2008-0214	CRLF injection vulnerability in index.php in ExpressionEngine 1.2.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTTP headers and conduct HTTP response splitting attacks via the URL parameter.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01243.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2008-January/059439.html
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3539
http://securityvulns.ru/Sdocument472.html
http://websecurity.com.ua/1454/
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485786/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27128

History

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Subscriptions

Expressionengine Expressionengine

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2008-01-10T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T07:39:34.967Z

Reserved: 2008-01-09T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-0202

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2008-01-10T00:46:00.000

Modified: 2026-06-16T22:49:07.730

Link: CVE-2008-0202

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-94
Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

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