CVE-2021-39028 Cross-site scripting in Engineering Lifecycle Optimization Publishing

Medium 5.4 Published 14 Jul 2022 Updated 17 Sep 2024

Attackers can inject HTTP headers to perform cross-site scripting, cache poisoning, or session hijacking against IBM Engineering Lifecycle Optimization Publishing.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2021-39028?

CVE-2021-39028 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in IBM Engineering Lifecycle Optimization Publishing, published on 14 Jul 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

IBM Engineering Lifecycle Optimization - Publishing 6.0.6, 6.0.6.1, 7.0, 7.0.1, and 7.0.2 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: 213866.

Weakness: CWE-74

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-39028?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Ibm Engineering Lifecycle Optimization - Publishing, Ibm Engineering Lifecycle Optimization Publishing.

How do I fix CVE-2021-39028?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-39028 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.

Is CVE-2021-39028 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-39028 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-g89v-hj63-36q6.