CVE-2007-2618
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedCRLF injection vulnerability in index.php in Drake CMS 0.4.0 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTTP headers and conduct HTTP response splitting attacks via CRLF sequences in the lang parameter. NOTE: Drake CMS has only a beta version available, and the vendor has previously stated "We do not consider security reports valid until the first official release of Drake CMS."
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceCRLF injection vulnerability in index.php in Drake CMS 0.4.0 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTTP headers and conduct HTTP response splitting attacks via CRLF sequences in the lang parameter.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= 0.4.0CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- Partial
- Integrity
- Partial
- Availability
- Partial
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Locate Drake CMS installationSearch the web server document root for index.php and confirm it is Drake CMS by checking for branding strings or footer content containing 'Drake CMS'Affected if The web server hosts Drake CMS files and the index.php from this application is accessible
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Identify Drake CMS versionCheck the source code of index.php for a version string, or look for a VERSION file, CHANGELOG, or About page that displays the version numberAffected if The installed version is exactly 0.4.0 (no patches applied)
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Verify the lang parameter is functionalAccess the index.php page and locate or test the 'lang' parameter in the query string (e.g., index.php?lang=english). Confirm the parameter is processed and affects the page output.Affected if The lang parameter is accepted and used to select language files without validation
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Test for missing input validation on lang parameterAttempt to submit the lang parameter with CRLF characters (encoded as %0D%0A or literal \r\n) and observe whether the application rejects the input or allows the characters to pass through unfiltered.Affected if The application accepts and reflects CRLF sequences in the lang parameter without sanitization or rejection
If Drake CMS 0.4.0 is installed, the lang parameter is functional, and the application does not reject or strip CRLF sequences from lang input, the environment is vulnerable to CVE-2007-2618.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataImplement strict input validation on the lang parameter to reject or strip CRLF sequences and any characters that could be used for HTTP header injection.
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