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TI-2002-01132 Aliases CVE-2002-1168GHSA-8f3x-2hfc-r4x5

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in IBM Web Traffic Express Caching Proxy Server…

Priority LOW 33Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Medium
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Partial · Partial · Partial
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01635 76th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_caching_proxy_server:3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.6VulnerableIBM
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_caching_proxy_server:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.0VulnerableIBM
  • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_caching_proxy_server:3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.6 Vulnerable ·IBM
  • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_caching_proxy_server:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0 Vulnerable ·IBM

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2002-1168
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-8f3x-2hfc-r4x5

References

Advisory 1

  • TI-2002-01131 Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in IBM Web Traffic Express Caching Proxy Server… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.8
  • TI-2002-01133 IBM Web Traffic Express Caching Proxy Server 3.6 and 4.x before 4.0.1.26 allows remote… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
  • TI-2004-00625 WebSphere Edge Component Caching Proxy in WebSphere Edge Server 5.02, with the… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0

Sources

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