VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2019-12524

CVSS score9.8 CRITICAL
EPSS probability3.86%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2020-04-15
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

An issue was discovered in Squid through 4.7. When handling requests from users, Squid checks its rules to see if the request should be denied. Squid by default comes with rules to block access to the Cache Manager, which serves detailed server information meant for the maintainer. This rule is implemented via url_regex. The handler for url_regex rules URL decodes an incoming request. This allows an attacker to encode their URL to bypass the url_regex check, and gain access to the blocked resource.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-306

Primary references