CVE-2019-4460
IBM API Connect 5.0.0.0 through 5.0.8.6 developer portal could allow a remote attacker to...
IBM API Connect 5.0.0.0 through 5.0.8.6 developer portal 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: 163681.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
IBM API Connect 5.0.0.0 through 5.0.8.6 developer portal 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: 163681.
- Record
CVE-2019-4460- CVSS 3.0
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/A:N/C:L/AC:L/AV:N/S:U/PR:L/I:N/UI:N/RC:C/RL:O/E:U - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-14067
IBM API Connect 5.0.0.0 through 5.0.8.6 developer portal 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: 163681.
- Record
EUVD-2019-14067- CVSS 3.0
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/A:N/C:L/AC:L/AV:N/S:U/PR:L/I:N/UI:N/RC:C/RL:O/E:U - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-xqmh-c3cf-jrc8
IBM API Connect 5.0.0.0 through 5.0.8.6 developer portal could allow a remote attacker to...
IBM API Connect 5.0.0.0 through 5.0.8.6 developer portal 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: 163681.
- Record
GHSA-xqmh-c3cf-jrc8- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
IBM API Connect 5.0.0.0 through 5.0.8.6 developer portal 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: 163681.
- Record
CVE-2019-4460- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 3.0
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2019-4460 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in Ibm Api Connect, published August 20, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.57%, the 85th percentile. No source names a fixed version.