CVE-2019-16645 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

An issue was discovered in Embedthis GoAhead 2.5.0. Certain pages (such as goform/login and config/log_off_page.htm) create links containing a hostname obtained from an arbitrary HTTP Host header sent by an attacker. This could potentially be used in a phishing attack.

Published: 2019-09-20

Score: 8.6 High

EPSS: 8.2% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:embedthis:goahead:2.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.08183.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154652/GoAhead-2.5.0-Host-Header-Injection.html
https://github.com/Ramikan/Vulnerabilities/blob/master/GoAhead%20Web%20server%20HTTP%20Header%20Injection

History

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Subscriptions

Embedthis Goahead

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2019-09-20T18:24:15.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T01:17:41.124Z

Reserved: 2019-09-20T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2019-16645

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-09-20T19:15:11.860

Modified: 2026-06-17T02:22:29.120

Link: CVE-2019-16645

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-94
Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

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