CVE-2020-5019: ibm spectrum_protect_plus Injection

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2020-5019 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) Injection vulnerability in ibm spectrum_protect_plus. EPSS estimates a 1.34% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 71% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 08-01-2021
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 16-09-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

• CWE-74Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')The product constructs all or part of a command, data structure, or record using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify how it is parsed or interpreted when it is sent to a downstream component.