CVE-2020-5019
IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.0 through 10.1.6 is vulnerable to HTTP header injection, caused by improper validation of input by the HOST headers.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.32%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.0 through 10.1.6 is vulnerable to HTTP header injection, caused by improper validation of input by the HOST headers. By sending a specially crafted HTTP request, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to inject HTTP HOST header, which will allow the attacker to conduct various attacks against the vulnerable system, including cross-site scripting, cache poisoning or session hijacking. IBM X-Force ID: 193655.
- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.32% probability · 69th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-74
- Affected
- ibm/spectrum protect plus
- Source
- psirt@us.ibm.com
References
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/193655VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6398754Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/193655VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6398754Patch, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.