What is CVE-2020-7176?

CVE-2020-7176 is a high-severity vulnerability in HP Intelligent Management Center, classified under Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an Expression Language Statement (Expression Language Injection). CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2020-10-19.

How severe is CVE-2020-7176?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

RCE in HP Intelligent Management Center

CVE-2020-7176

A viewtaskresultdetailfact expression language injection remote code execution vulnerability was discovered in HPE Intelligent Management Center (iMC) version(s): Prior to iMC PLAT 7.3 (E0705P07).

Vulnerability class: Log4Shell (CVE-2021-44228)

Published 2020-10-19 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.034 (88.5th percentile), scored 2026-10-05.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 88th percentile — 88.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.034 · newest: 0.034 · change: 0.000

Affected products

HP Intelligent Management Center — versions 7.3
HPE Intelligent Management Center (Imc) — versions Prior to iMC PLAT 7.3 (E0705P07)

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-917 — Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an Expression Language Statement (Expression Language Injection)

References

support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-7176?: CVE-2020-7176 is a high-severity vulnerability in HP Intelligent Management Center, classified under Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an Expression Language Statement (Expression Language Injection). CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2020-10-19.
How severe is CVE-2020-7176?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.