CVE-2024-56473

Q: How do I fix CVE-2024-56473?

Upgrade aspera shares to 1.10.0 or later.

Q: Is CVE-2024-56473 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2024-56473 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 0.28% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 20% of all scored CVEs.

Q: How severe is CVE-2024-56473?

CVE-2024-56473 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.3, rated medium. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

Q: What does CVE-2024-56473 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for aspera shares (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

MEDIUM

5.3

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

IBM Aspera Shares 1.9.0 through 1.10.0 PL6 could allow an attacker to spoof their IP address, which is written to log files, due to improper verification of 'Client-IP' headers.

CWE-117 CWE-116

How to fix

Remediation Available

aspera sharesNVD

Affected:>= 1.9.0, < 1.10.0Fixed in:1.10.0CVE-2024-56473derived from NVD

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Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityLow

AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

0.28%probability of exploitation in 30 days

20thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 20% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

ibm.com

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-117 vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2021-43410	Medium	5.3	2.4%	-	Fix
CVE-2022-32549	Medium	5.3	2.3%	-	-
CVE-2019-14864	Medium	6.5	1.9%	-	Fix
CVE-2021-42250	Medium	6.5	1.8%	-	Fix
CVE-2024-47083	High	7.5	1.6%	-	-
CVE-2020-25646	High	7.5	1.4%	-	-

Common questions

How do I fix CVE-2024-56473?

Upgrade aspera shares to 1.10.0 or later.

Is CVE-2024-56473 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2024-56473 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 0.28% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 20% of all scored CVEs.

How severe is CVE-2024-56473?

CVE-2024-56473 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.3, rated medium. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

What does CVE-2024-56473 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for aspera shares (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2025-03-06.