CVE-2020-5019

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2021-01-08 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-74

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.

Affected products

IBM Spectrum Protect Plus: from 10.1.0 before 10.1.7 — fixed in 10.1.7

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.7. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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