CVE-2025-66485

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HTTP Header Injection in IBM Aspera Shares Enables XSS, Hijacking

Publication date: 2026-04-01

Last updated on: 2026-04-03

Assigner: IBM Corporation

Description

IBM Aspera Shares 1.9.9 through 1.11.0 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.

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Meta Information

Published

2026-04-01

Last Modified

2026-04-03

Generated

2026-07-06

AI Q&A

2026-04-02

EPSS Evaluated

2026-07-05

NVD

CVE-2025-66485

EUVD

EUVD-2025-209182

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendor	Product	Version / Range
ibm	aspera_shares	From 1.9.9 (inc) to 1.11.1 (exc)

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Exploitability

CWE

KEV

CWE ID	Description
CWE-644	The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes web scripting syntax in HTTP headers that can be used by web browser components that can process raw headers, such as Flash.

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Executive Summary

IBM Aspera Shares versions 1.9.9 through 1.11.0 have a vulnerability related to HTTP header injection. This occurs because the software does not properly validate input from the HOST headers.

An attacker could exploit this flaw to perform various attacks such as cross-site scripting (XSS), cache poisoning, or session hijacking against the affected system.

Impact Analysis

This vulnerability can impact you by allowing attackers to execute malicious actions like cross-site scripting, which can steal user data or manipulate web content.

Cache poisoning could cause users to receive incorrect or malicious content, and session hijacking could allow attackers to take over user sessions, potentially leading to unauthorized access.

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