CVE-2020-11709
HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: April 12, 2020 at 01:30 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:50 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorCpp Httplib
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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
cpp-httplib through 0.5.8 does not filter \r\n in parameters passed into the set_redirect and set_header functions, which creates possibilities for CRLF injection and HTTP response splitting in some specific contexts.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v ≤ 0.5.8
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.
References (2)
x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://gist.github.com/shouc/a9330df817128bc4c4132abf3de09495x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/yhirose/cpp-httplib/issues/425CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- NONE
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-74
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