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CVE-2020-5019
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…
Medium6.5EPSS 1.3%
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- ibm
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| ibmCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.0/AC:L/C:L/PR:N/UI:N/A:N/S:U/AV:N/I:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.3% · top 29% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.5.
Weakness
Affected products
- affected 10.1.0
- affected 10.1.6
References (2)
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6398754 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ibm-spectrum-cve20205019-header-injection (193655) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
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