# CVE-2012-5486: ZPublisher.HTTPRequest.\_scrubHeader in Zope 2 before 2.13.19, as used in Plone before 4.3 beta 1, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrar

- Also known as: PYSEC-2014-28, GHSA-77HV-8796-8CCP, PYSEC-2014-73
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 4.2.3, 2.13.19, 4.3b1
- Published: 2014-09-30 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported
- plone (PyPI): fixed in 4.2.3
- zope2 (PyPI): fixed in 2.13.19
- plone (PyPI): from 3.3.2, fixed in 4.2.3
- plone (PyPI): from 4.3a1, fixed in 4.3b1

## Description

ZPublisher.HTTPRequest._scrubHeader in Zope 2 before 2.13.19, as used in Plone before 4.3 beta 1, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTTP headers via a linefeed (LF) character.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, plone, zope2, upgrade to a fixed version (4.2.3, 2.13.19, 4.3b1) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://bugs.launchpad.net/zope2/+bug/930812
- https://plone.org/products/plone/security/advisories/20121106/02
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/10/1
- https://plone.org/products/plone-hotfix/releases/20121106
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1194.html

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