HTTP Header Injection in IBM Engineering Workflow Management

Executive Summary

CVE-2024-51454 is a vulnerability in IBM Engineering Workflow Management caused by improper validation of input in the HOST headers, leading to HTTP header injection.

This flaw allows attackers to perform various malicious activities such as cross-site scripting, cache poisoning, or session hijacking.

It affects versions 7.0.2 through 7.0.2 Interim Fix 035, 7.0.3 through 7.0.3 Interim Fix 017, and 7.1 through 7.1 Interim Fix 004 of IBM Engineering Workflow Management.

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Impact Analysis

This vulnerability can impact you by allowing attackers to exploit the system through HTTP header injection.

• Cross-site scripting attacks that can compromise user sessions or steal sensitive information.
• Cache poisoning which can lead to serving malicious content to users.
• Session hijacking that can allow attackers to take over user sessions and gain unauthorized access.

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Mitigation Strategies

To mitigate the CVE-2024-51454 vulnerability in IBM Engineering Workflow Management, you should apply the appropriate interim fixes released by IBM.

• For version 7.0.2, apply iFix036 or later.
• For version 7.0.3, apply iFix018 or later.
• For version 7.1.0, apply iFix005 or later.

No workarounds are currently available, so applying these fixes is the recommended immediate action.

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Compliance Impact

The provided information does not specify how the CVE-2024-51454 vulnerability affects compliance with common standards and regulations such as GDPR or HIPAA.

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