CVE-2011-1398 EXPLOIT
4.3
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 10.2% (pctl 96)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
The sapi_header_op function in main/SAPI.c in PHP before 5.3.11 and 5.4.x before 5.4.0RC2 does not check for %0D sequences (aka carriage return characters), which allows remote attackers to bypass an HTTP response-splitting protection mechanism via a crafted URL, related to improper interaction between the PHP header function and certain browsers, as demonstrated by Internet Explorer and Google Chrome.
Scoring
| CVSS | 4.3 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
| EPSS | 10.17% — more likely to be exploited than 96% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-20 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2012-08-30 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| php | php |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | PHP 5.3.11/5.4.0RC2 - 'header()' HTTP Header Injection | 2011-10-06 |
References
- http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.php.devel/70584
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-08/msg00006.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/29/5
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/05/15
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1307.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55078
- http://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-1398
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027463
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1569-1
- https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=60227
- http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.php.devel/70584
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-08/msg00006.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/29/5
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/05/15
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1307.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55078
- http://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-1398
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027463
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1569-1
- https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=60227
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