Improper Neutralization of HTTP Headers for Scripting Syntax in IBM Aspera Console - CVE-2022-43852
Published: October 7, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU98056
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-43852
CWE-ID: CWE-644
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
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.
Affected software
IBM Aspera Console
How to mitigate CVE-2022-43852
Install updates from vendor's website.
IBM Aspera Console - update to 3.4.5