CVE-2020-4912
IBM Cloud Pak System 2.3 Self Service Console could allow a privilege escalation by capturing the...
IBM Cloud Pak System 2.3 Self Service Console could allow a privilege escalation by capturing the user request URL when logged in as a privileged user. IBM X-Force ID: 191287.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
IBM Cloud Pak System 2.3 Self Service Console could allow a privilege escalation by capturing the user request URL when logged in as a privileged user. IBM X-Force ID: 191287.
- Record
CVE-2020-4912- CVSS 3.0
- 4.7 Medium
CVSS:3.0/A:L/AV:N/I:L/PR:H/UI:N/AC:L/S:U/C:L/RC:C/RL:O/E:U - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-26159
IBM Cloud Pak System 2.3 Self Service Console could allow a privilege escalation by capturing the user request URL when logged in as a privileged user. IBM X-Force ID: 191287.
- Record
EUVD-2020-26159- CVSS 3.0
- 4.7 Medium
CVSS:3.0/A:L/AV:N/I:L/PR:H/UI:N/AC:L/S:U/C:L/RC:C/RL:O/E:U - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-fqf9-mxr9-9v4v No score
IBM Cloud Pak System 2.3 Self Service Console could allow a privilege escalation by capturing the...
IBM Cloud Pak System 2.3 Self Service Console could allow a privilege escalation by capturing the user request URL when logged in as a privileged user. IBM X-Force ID: 191287.
- Record
GHSA-fqf9-mxr9-9v4v- Weakness
- CWE-269
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
IBM Cloud Pak System 2.3 Self Service Console could allow a privilege escalation by capturing the user request URL when logged in as a privileged user. IBM X-Force ID: 191287.
- Record
CVE-2020-4912- CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 3.0
- 4.7 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - CVSS 2.0
- 6.5 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P - 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-2020-4912 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.7) in Ibm Cloud Pak System, published January 4, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.07%, the 64th percentile. No source names a fixed version.