Improper Neutralization of HTTP Headers for Scripting Syntax in IBM CICS TX Standard - CVE-2022-34316
Published: September 29, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU81282
CSH Severity: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-34316
CWE-ID: CWE-644
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
IBM CICS TX Standard
IBM CICS TX Standard
Software vendor:
IBM Corporation
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.