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…

published 2022-07-14 4y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2021-25465

cvss: 5.4; version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.5%; EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 42%
public exploits: 0; none known

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.

Patch / fix

links 1

ibm.com/support/pages/node/6603347 advisory

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Exploit prediction

0.50% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 42% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.0	5.4	CVSS:3.0/C:L/PR:L/I:L/UI:N/A:N/AV:N/S:U/AC:L/RL:O/E:U/RC:C
NVD	3.1	5.4	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CNA	3.0	5.4	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected products

IBM Engineering Lifecycle Optimization Publishing

Classification

Weakness

CWE-74 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component

References

ibm.com /support/pages/node/6603347
patch, vendor-advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/213866
vdb-entry, vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2021-39028
NVD CVE-2021-39028

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