CVE-2020-4706

CVSS V2 Medium 5.5 CVSS V3 Medium 5.4
Description
IBM API Connect 5.0.0.0 through 5.0.8.10 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: 187194.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2020-4706
  • Assigner
  • psirt@us.ibm.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2021-08-17T14:15:07
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2022-07-12T17:42:04
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-79 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/79.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:api_connect:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 5.0.0.0 5.0.8.10
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • SINGLE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 5.5
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8
  • Impact Score
  • 4.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • LOW
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 5.4
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2.8
  • Impact Score
  • 2.5
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6481879 Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/187194 VDB Entry
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-4706
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-4706
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 06:56:06 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-05 08:22:41 2021-08-17T14:15Z 2021-08-17T14:15:07 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-05 08:22:41 2022-07-12T17:42:04 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-05 08:22:41 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated