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CVE-2008-4283

HIGH · CVSS 10.0EPSS 3.3%EU EUVD

CRLF injection vulnerability in the WebContainer component in IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS) 5.1.1.19 and earlier 5.1.x versions allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTTP headers and conduct HTTP response splitting attacks via unspecified vectors.

Key facts

CVSS score
10.0 (v2.0)
Severity
HIGH
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-20
EPSS score
3.3% (88th percentile)
In CISA KEV
No
In EU EUVD
Yes (EUVD-2008-4266)
Published
February 10, 2009
NVD last modified
June 16, 2026
Status
Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-4266 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

  • ibm / websphere application server
  • ibm / websphere application server
  • ibm / websphere application server
  • ibm / websphere application server
  • ibm / websphere application server
  • ibm / websphere application server
  • ibm / websphere application server
  • ibm / websphere application server
  • ibm / websphere application server
  • ibm / websphere application server
  • ibm / websphere application server
  • ibm / websphere application server
  • ibm / websphere application server
  • ibm / websphere application server
  • ibm / websphere application server
  • ibm / websphere application server
  • ibm / websphere application server
  • ibm / websphere application server
  • ibm / websphere application server
  • ibm / websphere application server
  • ibm / websphere application server
  • ibm / websphere application server
  • ibm / websphere application server
  • ibm / websphere application server
  • ibm / websphere application server
  • ibm / websphere application server
  • ibm / websphere application server
  • ibm / websphere application server
  • ibm / websphere application server
  • ibm / websphere application server
  • ibm / websphere application server
  • ibm / websphere application server
  • ibm / websphere application server
  • ibm / websphere application server
  • ibm / websphere application server
  • ibm / websphere application server
  • ibm / websphere application server
  • ibm / websphere application server
  • ibm / websphere application server
  • ibm / websphere application server
  • ibm / websphere application server
  • ibm / websphere application server
  • ibm / websphere application server
  • ibm / websphere application server
  • ibm / websphere application server
  • ibm / websphere application server

Certified products that may be affected

1 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified product, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.

References

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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CVE-2008-4283: HIGH severity (CVSS 10.0)