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CVE-2011-1718
The Web Agents component in CA SiteMinder R6 before SP6 CR2 and R12 before SP3 CR2 does not properly handle multi-line headers, which…
- 4.3MediumCVSS base score
- 2.4%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 16% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
The Web Agents component in CA SiteMinder R6 before SP6 CR2 and R12 before SP3 CR2 does not properly handle multi-line headers, which allows remote authenticated users to conduct impersonation attacks and gain privileges via crafted data.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 9 days later
· 9 days later
Published
- 13 years later
· 13 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.4% · top 16% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
8
- 20110421 CA20110420-01: Security Notice for CA SiteMinder (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 8227 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 47520 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- ADV-2011-1067 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- siteminder-headers-spoofing(66906) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 1025423 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- https://support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/phpsupcontent?contentID=%7B1BF29B14-C5FB-4BD3-9113-68E2426E4381%7D (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 44218 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2011-1717 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2011-1718)Record last updated .