What is CVE-2020-4954?

CVE-2020-4954 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Spectrum Protect Operations Center, classified under Session Fixation. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2021-02-15.

How severe is CVE-2020-4954?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

Vulnerability in IBM Spectrum Protect Operations Center

CVE-2020-4954

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.

EPSS: 0.006 (46.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Ibm Spectrum Protect Operations Center — versions 8.1, 7.1, 8.1.10.100
Ibm Spectrum_protect_operations_center

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-384 — Session Fixation

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-2020-4954?: CVE-2020-4954 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Spectrum Protect Operations Center, classified under Session Fixation. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2021-02-15.
How severe is CVE-2020-4954?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.