Vulnerability · Published May 18, 2022 · Assigned by ibm
CVE-2021-38944
Medium 4.8
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in DataPower Gateway from IBM. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.6% (higher than 48% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.0)4.8Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.6%top 51.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
IBM DataPower Gateway 10.0.2.0 through 1.0.3.0, 10.0.1.0 through 10.0.1.5, and 2018.4.1.0 through 2018.4.1.18 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. IBM X-Force ID: 211236.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| IBM | DataPower Gateway | 2018.4.1.010.0.1.010.0.2.010.0.1.510.0.3.02018.4.1.18 |
References
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6587070 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- ibm-datapower-cve202138944-header-injection (211236) vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF