CRLF Injection in URL
Impact: High
Description
CRLF injection involves injecting Carriage Return (ASCII 13, \r) and Line Feed (ASCII 10, \n) characters into web requests or responses. These characters are used to denote new lines in HTTP messages, and their injection can lead to various attacks, including HTTP response splitting. Attackers exploit CRLF injection vulnerabilities to manipulate HTTP responses, insert arbitrary headers, or modify response bodies.
Recommendation
To mitigate CRLF injection vulnerabilities, ensure that web server configurations and web application logic properly encode CRLF characters before including them in responses. Implement input validation and output encoding mechanisms to filter out or encode user-supplied data to prevent injection attacks.
References
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Last updated on May 13, 2024