Improper Neutralization of HTTP Headers for Scripting Syntax in IBM Aspera Console - CVE-2022-43847

 

Improper Neutralization of HTTP Headers for Scripting Syntax in IBM Aspera Console - CVE-2022-43847

Published: October 7, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU98058
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-43847
CWE-ID: CWE-644
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: IBM Corporation
Affected software:
IBM Aspera Console

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote user to perform spoofing attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation when processing HTTP requests. A remote user 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.


How to mitigate CVE-2022-43847

Install updates from vendor's website.

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