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Home/CWEs/CWE-113
Common Weakness Enumeration

CWE-113: Improper Neutralization of CRLF Sequences in HTTP Headers ('HTTP Request/Response Splitting')

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The product receives data from an HTTP agent/component (e.g., web server, proxy, browser, etc.), but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes CR and LF characters before the data is included in outgoing HTTP headers.

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▪References & documentation

https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/113.htmlNVD CWE listing

▪ How attackers exploit CWE-113

MITRE ATT&CK techniques associated with this weakness class (mapped via MITRE CAPEC). A vulnerability of this type could let an adversary carry out:

T1082System Information DiscoverydiscoveryT1539Steal Web Session Cookiecredential-access

Step-by-step: how CWE-113 gets exploited

A stage-by-stage walkthrough of the attack, mapped to the real MITRE ATT&CK tactics for this weakness — what the attacker is trying to do, what's at risk (what can be stolen or damaged), and how you defend. Understanding the playbook is how you shut it down.

  1. 1
    Credential accesscredential-access

    Steal passwords, tokens, keys, and session material.

    At risk / what's stolen

    Passwords, API keys, session tokens, SSH/TLS keys, and secrets in memory, env, or config.

    How you defend

▪ Related CVEs

No CVEs in the Gold index currently reference CWE-113. New matches appear here as the crawler indexes them.

Secret managers, short-lived tokens, and no secrets in code/env/logs.

  • 2
    Discoverydiscovery

    Map what else is reachable — hosts, services, data stores, and accounts.

    At risk / what's stolen

    Internal topology, service inventory, and data locations the attacker enumerates.

    How you defend

    Network segmentation and detection of unusual internal scanning.

  • This is a defensive, conceptual walkthrough for education — stages reflect MITRE ATT&CK tactics associated with this weakness class, not a working exploit. Not every attack uses every stage.