IBM Engineering Workflow Management 7.0.2 through 7.0.2 Interim Fix 035, 7.0.3 through 7.0.3 Interim Fix 017, and 7.1 through 7.1 Interim Fix 004 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.
PUBLISHED5.2ApplicationCWE-644
IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management - Engineering Workflow Management is impacted by vulnerabilities Host Header Injection observed
Problem type
Affected products
IBM
Engineering Workflow Management
<= 7.0.2 Interim Fix 035 - AFFECTED
<= 7.0.3 Interim Fix 017 - AFFECTED
<= 7.1 Interim Fix 004 - AFFECTED
References
GitHub Security Advisories
GHSA-5m2m-hj2m-4xvr
IBM Engineering Workflow Management 7.0.2 through 7.0.2 Interim Fix 035, 7.0.3 through 7.0.3...
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5m2m-hj2m-4xvrIBM Engineering Workflow Management 7.0.2 through 7.0.2 Interim Fix 035, 7.0.3 through 7.0.3 Interim Fix 017, and 7.1 through 7.1 Interim Fix 004 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.
JSON source
https://cveawg.mitre.org/api/cve/CVE-2024-51454Click to expand
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