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CVE-2021-38944

MEDIUM
Published 2022-05-18T19:30:12.525006Z
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CVSS Score

V3.0
4.8
/10
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/C:L/A:N/I:L/UI:N/PR:N/S:U/AC:H/E:U/RC:C/RL:O
Base Score Metrics
Exploitability: N/A Impact: N/A

EPSS Score

v2025.03.14
0.002
probability
of exploitation in the wild

There is a 0.2% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Updated: 2025-06-25
Exploit Probability
Percentile: 0.440
Higher than 44.0% of all CVEs

Attack Vector Metrics

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED

Impact Metrics

Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
LOW
Availability
NONE

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.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

Related News

No news articles found for this CVE.

Affected Products

IBM

DataPower Gateway

Affected Versions:

2018.4.1.0 10.0.1.0 10.0.2.0 10.0.1.5 10.0.3.0 2018.4.1.18

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

⚠ Unreviewed MODERATE

GHSA-wcj9-hxh3-xw55

Advisory Details

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.

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

5.0

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-38944
WEB https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/211236
WEB https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6587070

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: May 19, 2022, Modified: May 27, 2022

References

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6587070
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/211236
Published: 2022-05-18T19:30:12.525006Z
Last Modified: 2024-09-16T22:10:33.765Z
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