What is CVE-2020-4908?

CVE-2020-4908 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Financial Transaction Manager, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2020-12-16.

How severe is CVE-2020-4908?

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

Information disclosure in IBM Financial Transaction Manager

CVE-2020-4908

IBM Financial Transaction Manager for SWIFT Services for Multiplatforms 3.2.4 returns the product version and release information on the login dialog. This information could be used in further attacks against the system.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

Published 2020-12-16 · 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: 0.011 (63.5th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 64th percentile — 63.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: +0.000

Affected products

IBM Financial Transaction Manager — versions 3.2.4
IBM Financial Transaction Manager For Multiplatform — versions 3.2.4

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6371260 (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/191113 (VDB Entry, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-4908?: CVE-2020-4908 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Financial Transaction Manager, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2020-12-16.
How severe is CVE-2020-4908?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.