High severity · published Jul 12, 2021
CVE-2020-4938
IBM MQ Appliance 9.1 and 9.2 is vulnerable to cross-site request forgery which could allow an attacker to execute malicious and unauthorized actions transmitted from a user that…
8.8
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
IBM MQ Appliance 9.1 and 9.2 is vulnerable to cross-site request forgery which could allow an attacker to execute malicious and unauthorized actions transmitted from a user that the website trusts. IBM X-Force ID: 191815.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 34% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MA
MQ Appliance · Ibm
9.1 before 9.2.2; 9.1.0.0 before 9.1.0.8; 9.2.0.0 before 9.2.0.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-4938
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-4938
VDB Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/191815
Vendor Advisory
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6466717
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