CVE-2025-0825 (GCVE-0-2025-0825)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-02-04 14:11 – Updated: 2025-05-23 12:50
VLAI?
Summary
cpp-httplib version v0.17.3 through v0.18.3 fails to filter CRLF characters ("\r\n") when those are prefixed with a null byte. This enables attackers to exploit CRLF injection that could further lead to HTTP Response Splitting, XSS, and more.
Severity ?
6.9 (Medium)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CWE
  • CWE-113 - Improper Neutralization of CRLF Sequences in HTTP Headers ('HTTP Request/Response Splitting')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Affected: v0.17.3 , ≤ v0.18.3 (git)
Credits
Ori Ron from Cx Security Research Group
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