# CVE-2015-5285: Kallithea CRLF injection vulnerability

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2015-5285-kallithea-crlf-injection-vulnerability  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2015-10-29  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2015-5285 · Severity: low · CVSS 3.1 · Published 2015-10-29

CRLF injection vulnerability in Kallithea before 0.3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTTP headers and conduct HTTP response splitting attacks via the came_from parameter to _admin/login.

Technologies: [kallithea (PyPI)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/kallithea). Vendors: [PyPI](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/pypi).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2015-5285 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2015-5285 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2015-5285?** Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3.1, published 29 October 2015.

**Which products and versions are affected?** kallithea (PyPI) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=0.3.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2015-5285?** Yes. kallithea (PyPI): upgrade to 0.3 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.

**Am I affected by CVE-2015-5285?** Check whether you run kallithea (PyPI) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## How to fix

- kallithea (PyPI): upgrade to 0.3 or later

  ```sh
  pip install "kallithea>=0.3"
  ```


## Affected products

- kallithea (PyPI) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=0.3

## Identifiers

- CVE-2015-5285
- GHSA-vfg9-phjp-9frw
- PYSEC-2015-13

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