01 Record
CVE-2020-4706
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
MediumPUBLISHEDCNA: ibm
CNA base score5.4 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.0/I:L/S:U/UI:N/A:N/AV:N/AC:L/C:L/PR:L/RC:C/E:U/RL:O
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.93% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 60.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 5.4 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2021-08-17 13:55Z5 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-09-16 20:43Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2019-12-30
- Assigning CNA
- ibm
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 5.4)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/I:L/S:U/UI:N/A:N/AV:N/AC:L/C:L/PR:L/RC:C/E:U/RL:O
- Weaknesses
- CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 168f6a771c76f64d9a2a2ad07b75441eddbd4a5e49e531f9dab1793dc4666aca
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.ibm.comhttps://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6481879
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comibm-api-cve20204706-header-injection (187194)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/187194