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CVE-2017-5868
CRLF injection vulnerability in the web interface in OpenVPN Access Server 2.1.4 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTTP headers…
Medium6.1EPSS 4.6%
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- mitre
Description
CRLF injection vulnerability in the web interface in OpenVPN Access Server 2.1.4 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTTP headers and consequently conduct session fixation attacks and possibly HTTP response splitting attacks via "%0A" characters in the PATH_INFO to __session_start__/.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium6.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.6% · top 8.3% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.1.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (3)
- https://sysdream.com/news/lab/2017-05-05-cve-2017-5868-openvpn-access-server-crlf-injection-with-session-fixation/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 1038547 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20170523 [CVE-2017-5868] OpenVPN Access Server : CRLF injection with Session fixation (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
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