CVE-2020-4990
IBM Security Guardium 11.2 is vulnerable to SQL injection. A remote attacker could send specially...
IBM Security Guardium 11.2 is vulnerable to SQL injection. A remote attacker could send specially crafted SQL statements, which could allow the attacker to view, add, modify or delete information in the back-end database. IBM X-Force ID: 192710.
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
- High
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
IBM Security Guardium 11.2 is vulnerable to SQL injection. A remote attacker could send specially crafted SQL statements, which could allow the attacker to view, add, modify or delete information in the back-end database. IBM X-Force ID: 192710.
- Record
CVE-2020-4990- CVSS 3.0
- 7.6 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/PR:L/C:H/UI:N/A:L/AC:L/I:L/S:U/E:U/RC:C/RL:O - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-26237
IBM Security Guardium 11.2 is vulnerable to SQL injection. A remote attacker could send specially crafted SQL statements, which could allow the attacker to view, add, modify or delete information in the back-end database. IBM X-Force ID: 192710.
- Record
EUVD-2020-26237- CVSS 3.0
- 7.6 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/PR:L/C:H/UI:N/A:L/AC:L/I:L/S:U/E:U/RC:C/RL:O - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-x864-fcgc-4wg2 No score
IBM Security Guardium 11.2 is vulnerable to SQL injection. A remote attacker could send specially...
IBM Security Guardium 11.2 is vulnerable to SQL injection. A remote attacker could send specially crafted SQL statements, which could allow the attacker to view, add, modify or delete information in the back-end database. IBM X-Force ID: 192710.
- Record
GHSA-x864-fcgc-4wg2- Weakness
- CWE-89
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
IBM Security Guardium 11.2 is vulnerable to SQL injection. A remote attacker could send specially crafted SQL statements, which could allow the attacker to view, add, modify or delete information in the back-end database. IBM X-Force ID: 192710.
- Record
CVE-2020-4990- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 3.0
- 7.6 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L - CVSS 2.0
- 6.5 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-89
- 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-2020-4990 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.6) in Ibm Security Guardium, published May 24, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.12%, the 66th percentile. No source names a fixed version.