CVE-2008-4283

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2009-02-10 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

CRLF injection vulnerability in the WebContainer component in IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS) 5.1.1.19 and earlier 5.1.x versions allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTTP headers and conduct HTTP response splitting attacks via unspecified vectors.

Affected products

IBM WebSphere Application Server: through 5.1.1.19; 5.0, 5.0.0, 5.0.1, 5.0.2, 5.0.2.1, 5.0.2.2 (+38)

References

http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1SE35864
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1PK69929
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33700
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47199
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1SE35864
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1PK69929
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33700
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47199

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