Improper Neutralization of HTTP Headers for Scripting Syntax in IBM Spectrum Symphony - CVE-2023-24975

 

Improper Neutralization of HTTP Headers for Scripting Syntax in IBM Spectrum Symphony - CVE-2023-24975

Published: March 3, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU72733
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-24975
CWE-ID: CWE-644
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
IBM Spectrum Symphony
Software vendor:
IBM Corporation

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform spoofing attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation when processing HTTP requests. A remote non-authenticated attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request with an arbitrary Host header that will be accepted by the application.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to perform cross-site scripting, cache poisoning or session hijacking attacks.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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