What is CVE-2020-5001?

CVE-2020-5001 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Financial Transaction Manager, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2023-03-01.

How severe is CVE-2020-5001?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.

Path Traversal in IBM Financial Transaction Manager

CVE-2020-5001

IBM Financial Transaction Manager 3.2.0 through 3.2.7 could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories on the system. An attacker could send a specially-crafted URL request containing "dot dot" sequences (/../) to view arbitrary files on the system. IBM X-Force ID: 192953.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.010 (59.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Ibm Financial Transaction Manager — versions 3.2.0
Ibm Financial_transaction_manager

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

psirt@us.ibm.com (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
psirt@us.ibm.com (VDB Entry, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-5001?: CVE-2020-5001 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Financial Transaction Manager, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2023-03-01.
How severe is CVE-2020-5001?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.