CVE-2019-5097

HIGH

GoAhead <v5.0.1, v4.1.1, v3.6.5 - DoS

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A denial-of-service vulnerability exists in the processing of multi-part/form-data requests in the base GoAhead web server application in versions v5.0.1, v.4.1.1 and v3.6.5. A specially crafted HTTP request can lead to an infinite loop in the process. The request can be unauthenticated in the form of GET or POST requests and does not require the requested resource to exist on the server.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2019-0889

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0728
EPSS Percentile 91.7%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-835
Status published
Products (3)
embedthis/goahead 3.6.5
embedthis/goahead 4.1.1
embedthis/goahead 5.0.1
Published Dec 03, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026