PT-2018-17804

CVE-2018-6889

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Published

2018-02-12

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Updated

2018-03-06

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CVSS 3.1
8.8
High
MetricsAV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Typesetter version 5.1
Description An issue was discovered in Typesetter, which suffers from a Host header injection vulnerability. This allows a malicious user to poison the web cache, perform advanced password reset attacks, or trigger arbitrary user re-direction.
Recommendations For version 5.1, consider restricting access to sensitive features until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, review and limit the use of the Host header to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
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