CVE-2020-5019

Severity Score

6.5

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

IBM Spectrum Protect Plus versiones 10.1.0 hasta 10.1.6, son vulnerables a una inyección de encabezado HTTP, causada por una comprobación inapropiada de la entrada por medio de los encabezados HOST. Mediante el envío de una petición HTTP especialmente diseñada, un atacante remoto podría explotar esta vulnerabilidad para inyectar un encabezado HTTP HOST, lo que permitirá al atacante conducir varios ataques contra el sistema vulnerable, incluyendo cross-site scripting, envenenamiento de caché o secuestro de sesiones.  IBM X-Force ID: 193655

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2019-12-30 CVE Reserved
2021-01-08 CVE Published
2024-01-12 EPSS Updated
2024-09-16 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-74: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')

CAPEC

References (2)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6398754	2021-01-11

URL	Date	SRC
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/193655	2021-01-11

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Ibm Search vendor "Ibm"	Spectrum Protect Plus Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Spectrum Protect Plus"	>= 10.1.0 < 10.1.7 Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Spectrum Protect Plus" and version " >= 10.1.0 < 10.1.7"	-	Affected	in	Linux Search vendor "Linux"	Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel"	-	-	Safe