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Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')

CVE-2017-6031

Severity High
Score 8.8/10

Summary

A Header Injection issue was discovered in Certec EDV GmbH atvise scada prior to Version 3.0. An "improper neutralization of HTTP headers for scripting syntax" issue has been identified, which may allow remote code execution.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • REQUIRED
  • NONE
  • HIGH
  • HIGH

CWE-74 - Injection

Listed as the number one web application security risk on the 'OWASP Top Ten', injection attacks are widespread and dangerous, especially in legacy applications. Injection attacks are a class of vulnerabilities in which an attacker injects untrusted data into a web application that gets processed by an interpreter, altering the program's execution. This can result in data loss/theft, loss of data integrity, denial of service, and even compromising the entire system.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published