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Social Share
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7.5
CVSS
HIGH
HTTP response-splitting
113
CWE
Product Name: Social Share
Affected Version From: Unknown
Affected Version To: Unknown
Patch Exists: NO
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HTTP Response-Splitting Vulnerability in Social Share

The Social Share application fails to sufficiently sanitize user-supplied data, leading to an HTTP response-splitting vulnerability. Attackers can exploit this vulnerability to manipulate the way web content is served, cached, or interpreted, potentially deceiving users and compromising their trust.

Mitigation:

To mitigate this vulnerability, it is recommended to sanitize user-supplied data before using it in HTTP responses. Additionally, developers should follow secure coding practices to prevent such vulnerabilities.
Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45550/info

Social Share is prone to an HTTP response-splitting vulnerability because it fails to sufficiently sanitize user-supplied data.

Attackers can leverage this issue to influence or misrepresent how web content is served, cached, or interpreted. This could aid in various attacks that try to entice client users into a false sense of trust. 

The following example input is available:

Vulnerable code: $referrer = $_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]; header("Location: $referrer");

HTTP query ("Referer" field):

Referer: http://www.example.com/\r\n[second new response]