Vulnerability Details : CVE-2021-29872

IBM Cloud Pak for Automation 21.0.1 and 21.0.2 - Business Automation Studio Component 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: 206228.
Published 2022-01-18 17:15:08
Updated 2022-01-25 16:29:44
Source IBM Corporation
View at NVD,   CVE.org
Vulnerability category: Cross site scripting (XSS)

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2021-29872

EPSS FAQ
0.07%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 27 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2021-29872

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
3.5
 LOW AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
6.8
2.9
 NIST
5.4
 MEDIUM CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
2.8
2.5
 IBM Corporation
5.4
 MEDIUM CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
2.3
2.7
 NIST

CWE ids for CVE-2021-29872

  • The product prepares a structured message for communication with another component, but encoding or escaping of the data is either missing or done incorrectly. As a result, the intended structure of the message is not preserved.
    Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

References for CVE-2021-29872

Products affected by CVE-2021-29872

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