IBM Control Center HOST header injection

published 2025-03-07 20 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-39886

cvss: 5.4; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.2%; EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 15%
public exploits: 0; none known

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.

Patch / fix

links 1

ibm.com/support/pages/node/7185101 advisory

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 20 mo ago (2025-03-07)

Exploit prediction

0.24% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 15% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	5.4	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD	3.1	6.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected products

IBM Control Center

Classification

Weakness

CWE-644 Improper Neutralization of HTTP Headers for Scripting Syntax
CWE-116 Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output

References

ibm.com /support/pages/node/7185101
vendor-advisory, patch

Sources

CVE List CVE-2023-35894
NVD CVE-2023-35894

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Summary