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Medium severity · published Jan 8, 2021
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
6.5
CVSS
1.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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 vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.3% · higher than 71% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
SP
Spectrum Protect Plus · Ibm
10.1.0 before 10.1.7 · source: NVD
Affected product
SP
Spectrum Protect Plus
Ibm
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-5019
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-5019
VDB Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/193655
Patch
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6398754
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