CVE-2012-0053

protocol.c in the Apache HTTP Server 2.2.x through 2.2.21 does not properly restrict header information during construction of Bad Request (aka 400) error documents, which allows remote attackers to obtain the values of HTTPOnly cookies via vectors involving a (1) long or (2) malformed header in conjunction with crafted web script.

CVSS v2.0

4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

EPSS

82.76% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 100th percentile

Published

2012-01-28

Updated

2024-08-06

Proof-of-concept exploits (3)

• gold1029/xss_payloads0★ · 2018-07-24
• jonathansp/CVE20120053Demo2★ · 2012-06-22
• nettitude/xss_payloads737★ · 2021-08-05

ExploitDB entries (1)

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18442

Exploit collections (1)

• helloexp/0day/tree/master/00-CVE_EXP/CVE-2012-0053

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

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