THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2011-3597
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2011-3597

Digest vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
13.5%
EPSS pct
96th
Exploited
No known
Eval injection vulnerability in the Digest module before 1.17 for Perl allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary commands via the new constructor.
Affected vendor
Gisle Aas
Affected product
Digest
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation
Published
2012-01-13

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality, partial impact to integrity, partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 13.5% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 96% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2011-3597

  • Confirm whether Gisle Aas Digest is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2011-3597.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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