HTTP Header Injection Affecting plug package, versions >=1.3.0 <1.3.5>=1.2.0-rc.0 <1.2.5>=1.1.0 <1.1.9<1.0.6


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.07% (34th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-HEX-PLUG-1088060
  • published30 Mar 2021
  • disclosed17 Apr 2017
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 17 Apr 2017

CVE-2018-1000883  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-644  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade plug to version 1.3.5, 1.2.5, 1.1.9, 1.0.6 or higher.

Overview

plug is a specification and conveniences for composable modules between web applications.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to HTTP Header Injection. Cookie headers are not validated in Plug.Conn. This allows an attacker that sends a crafted value as the cookie to inject other headers.

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