CVE-2012-5526: andy_armstrong cgi.pm Configuration
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2012-5526 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) Configuration vulnerability in andy_armstrong cgi.pm. EPSS estimates a 3.26% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 88.3% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 5, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 2Timeline
- 21-11-2012PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
CGI.pm module before 3.63 for Perl does not properly escape newlines in (1) Set-Cookie or (2) P3P headers, which might allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary headers into responses from applications that use CGI.pm.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
3.26%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
88%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 3.26% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Debian2 products
- libcgi-pm-perl< 3.49-1squeeze2 | < 3.61-2
- perl< 5.14.2-16
Andy_armstrong1 product
- cgi.pm≤ 3.62
Ubuntu1 product
- libcgi-pm-perl< 3.64-1
3 vendors · 4 products
References
19 links- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.htmlX Refsource CONFIRM
- cpansearch.perl.org/src/MARKSTOS/CGI.pm-3.63/ChangesX Refsource CONFIRM
- kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705X Refsource CONFIRM
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- github.com/markstos/CGI.pm/pull/23X Refsource MISC
- kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10735X Refsource CONFIRM