Improper neutralization of HTTP headers for scripting syntax in Operations Dashboard

1) Improper Neutralization of HTTP Headers for Scripting Syntax

EUVDB-ID: #VU78327

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 2.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-29406

CWE-ID: CWE-644 - Improper Neutralization of HTTP Headers for Scripting Syntax

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform spoofing attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation in HTTP/1 client when handling HTTP Host header. A remote non-authenticated attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request with a maliciously crafted Host header and inject additional headers or entire requests.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to perform cross-site scripting, cache poisoning or session hijacking attacks.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Operations Dashboard: 2021.1.1 - 2022.2.1

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:ibm_corporation:operations_dashboard:2021.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:ibm_corporation:operations_dashboard:2021.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:ibm_corporation:operations_dashboard:2021.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7043483

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.