# CVE-2015-5285: CRLF injection vulnerability in Kallithea before 0.3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTTP headers and conduct HTTP response spli

- Also known as: GHSA-VFG9-PHJP-9FRW, PYSEC-2015-13
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB
- Fixed in: 0.3
- Published: 2015-10-29 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported
- kallithea (PyPI): fixed in 0.3

## Description

CRLF injection vulnerability in Kallithea before 0.3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTTP headers and conduct HTTP response splitting attacks via the came_from parameter to _admin/login.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, kallithea, upgrade to a fixed version (0.3) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38424/
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133897/Kallithea-0.2.9-HTTP-Response-Splitting.html
- http://www.zeroscience.mk/en/vulnerabilities/ZSL-2015-5267.php
- https://kallithea-scm.org/security/cve-2015-5285.html
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38424

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