What is CVE-2020-5019?

CVE-2020-5019 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Spectrum Protect Plus, classified under Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component (Injection). CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2021-01-08.

How severe is CVE-2020-5019?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in IBM Spectrum Protect Plus

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 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.

EPSS: 0.013 (68.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Ibm Spectrum Protect Plus — versions 10.1.0, 10.1.6
Ibm Spectrum_protect_plus
Linux Linux_kernel

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-74 — Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component (Injection)

References

psirt@us.ibm.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
psirt@us.ibm.com (VDB Entry, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory, x_refsource_XF)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-5019?: CVE-2020-5019 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Spectrum Protect Plus, classified under Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component (Injection). CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2021-01-08.
How severe is CVE-2020-5019?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.