Input validation error in Zope - CVE-2012-5486

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Input validation error in Zope - CVE-2012-5486

Published: September 30, 2014 / Updated: June 8, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU41270
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-5486
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Zope
Affected software:
Zope

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to manipulate or delete data.

ZPublisher.HTTPRequest._scrubHeader in Zope 2 before 2.13.19, as used in Plone before 4.3 beta 1, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTTP headers via a linefeed (LF) character.


How to mitigate CVE-2012-5486

Install update from vendor's website.

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