What is CVE-2023-24975?

CVE-2023-24975 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Spectrum Symphony, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2023-03-10.

How severe is CVE-2023-24975?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

Improper input validation in IBM Spectrum Symphony

CVE-2023-24975

IBM Spectrum Symphony 7.3 is vulnerable to HTTP header injection, caused by improper validation of input by the HOST headers. This could allow an attacker to conduct various attacks against the vulnerable system, including cross-site scripting, cache poisoning or session hijacking. IBM X-Force ID: 247030.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

Published 2023-03-10 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (32.7th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 33rd percentile — 32.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

IBM Spectrum Symphony — versions 7.3
IBM Spectrum Symphony — versions 7.3.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

References

www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6959369 (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/247030 (VDB Entry, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-24975?: CVE-2023-24975 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Spectrum Symphony, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2023-03-10.
How severe is CVE-2023-24975?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.