What is CVE-2020-4172?

CVE-2020-4172 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Security Guardium Insights, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2020-08-27.

How severe is CVE-2020-4172?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Information disclosure in IBM Security Guardium Insights

CVE-2020-4172

IBM Security Guardium Insights 2.0.1 stores sensitive information in URL parameters. This may lead to information disclosure if unauthorized parties have access to the URLs via server logs, referrer header or browser history. IBM X-Force ID: 174408.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

Published 2020-08-27 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.012 (66.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 66th percentile — 66.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.012 · newest: 0.012 · change: 0.000

Affected products

IBM Security Guardium Insights — versions 2.0.1
IBM Security Guardium Insights — versions 2.0.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6323297 (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/174408 (VDB Entry, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-4172?: CVE-2020-4172 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Security Guardium Insights, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2020-08-27.
How severe is CVE-2020-4172?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.