CVE-2022-34362
IBM Sterling Secure Proxy HOST header injection
IBM Sterling Secure Proxy 6.0.3 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: 230523.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
IBM Sterling Secure Proxy HOST header injection
IBM Sterling Secure Proxy 6.0.3 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: 230523.
- Record
CVE-2022-34362- CVSS 3.1
- 4.6 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-37317
IBM Sterling Secure Proxy 6.0.3 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: 230523.
- Record
EUVD-2022-37317- CVSS 3.1
- 4.6 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-h63x-q57p-mpgf
IBM Sterling Secure Proxy 6.0.3 is vulnerable to HTTP header injection, caused by improper...
IBM Sterling Secure Proxy 6.0.3 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: 230523.
- Record
GHSA-h63x-q57p-mpgf- CVSS 3.1
- 4.6 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
IBM Sterling Secure Proxy 6.0.3 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: 230523.
- Record
CVE-2022-34362- CVSS 3.1
- 4.6 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2022-34362 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.6) in Ibm Sterling Secure Proxy, published February 8, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.36%, the 30th percentile. No source names a fixed version.