VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2020-4954

CVSS score5.4 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.59%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2021-02-15
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Description

IBM Spectrum Protect Operations Center 7.1 and 8.1 could allow a remote attacker to bypass authentication restrictions, caused by improper session validation . By using the configuration panel to obtain a valid session using an attacker controlled IBM Spectrum Protect server, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass authentication and gain access to a limited number of debug functions, such as logging levels. IBM X-Force ID: 192153.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-384: Session Fixation

Primary references