What is CVE-2020-4719?

CVE-2020-4719 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Cloud Apm, classified under Use of Incorrectly-Resolved Name or Reference. CVSS score: 4.9/10. Published 2021-03-02.

How severe is CVE-2020-4719?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.9 out of 10.

Vulnerability in IBM Cloud Apm

CVE-2020-4719

The IBM Cloud APM 8.1.4 server will issue a DNS request to resolve any hostname specified in the Cloud Event Management Webhook URL configuration definition. This could enable an authenticated user with admin authorization to create DNS query strings that are not hostnames. IBM X-Force ID: 187861.

EPSS: 0.008 (53.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Ibm Cloud Apm — versions 8.1.4
Ibm Cloud_application_performance_management — versions 8.1.4

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-706 — Use of Incorrectly-Resolved Name or Reference

References

psirt@us.ibm.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
psirt@us.ibm.com (VDB Entry, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory, x_refsource_XF)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-4719?: CVE-2020-4719 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Cloud Apm, classified under Use of Incorrectly-Resolved Name or Reference. CVSS score: 4.9/10. Published 2021-03-02.
How severe is CVE-2020-4719?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.9 out of 10.