CVE-2002-1168 EXPLOIT
6.8
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 1.6% (pctl 76)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in IBM Web Traffic Express Caching Proxy Server 3.6 and 4.x before 4.0.1.26 allows remote attackers to execute script as other users via an HTTP request that contains an Location: header with a "%0a%0d" (CRLF) sequence, which echoes the Location as an HTTP header in the server response.
Scoring
| CVSS | 6.8 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| EPSS | 1.64% — more likely to be exploited than 76% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2002-11-04 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| ibm | websphere caching proxy server |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | IBM Websphere Edge Server 3.69/4.0 - HTTP Header Injection | 2002-10-23 |
References
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