CVE-2023-24975 IBM Spectrum Symphony HOST header injection

Medium 5.4 Published 2 Mar 2023 Updated 5 Mar 2025

Attackers can inject HTTP headers to enable XSS, cache poisoning, or session hijacking in IBM Spectrum Symphony.

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-2023-24975?

CVE-2023-24975 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Spectrum Symphony, published on 2 Mar 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

IBM Spectrum Symphony 7.3 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: 247030.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-24975?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ibm Spectrum Symphony.

How do I fix CVE-2023-24975?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-24975 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2023-24975 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-24975 in the wild and no public exploit code.

CVE-2018-1706 Cross-site scripting in Spectrum Symphony Medium 5.4

Sources

Also known as GHSA-mrwc-w456-rmvm.