CVE Catalog

CVE-2016-10517

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Redis before version 3.2.7 is vulnerable to 'Cross Protocol Scripting' due to a lack of checks for POST and Host: strings, which are not valid in the Redis protocol.

Risk Assessment

An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to send unauthorized HTTP requests to the Redis TCP port, potentially leading to unintended actions within the system.

Recommendation

It is recommended to upgrade Redis to version 3.2.7 or later to mitigate this vulnerability.

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Original NVD description (English source)

networking.c in Redis before 3.2.7 allows "Cross Protocol Scripting" because it lacks a check for POST and Host: strings, which are not valid in the Redis protocol (but commonly occur when an attack triggers an HTTP request to the Redis TCP port).

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS