CVE-2023-35894 (GCVE-0-2023-35894)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-03-07 16:47 – Updated: 2025-08-17 00:08
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Summary
IBM Control Center 6.2.1 through 6.3.1 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.
Severity ?
5.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-644 - Improper Neutralization of HTTP Headers for Scripting Syntax
Assigner
ibm
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
IBM Control Center Affected: 6.2.1 , ≤ 6.3.1 (semver)
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:control_center:6.2.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:control_center:6.3.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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