# CVE-2020-36531: SevOne Network Management System Device Manager Page injection

> Remote attackers can exploit an injection flaw in the Device Manager Page to escalate privileges and execute code on SevOne Network Management System.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 3 Jun 2022
- **Updated:** 15 Apr 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-wx87-pj46-74f6

## What is CVE-2020-36531?

CVE-2020-36531 is a medium-severity code injection vulnerability in SevOne Network Management System, published on 3 Jun 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in SevOne Network Management System up to 5.7.2.22. This issue affects the Device Manager Page. An injection leads to privilege escalation. The attack may be initiated remotely.

Weakness: CWE-1236 (Improper Neutralization of Formula Elements in a CSV File), CWE-74 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-36531?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Sevone Network Performance Management.

## How do I fix CVE-2020-36531?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-36531 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2020-36531 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-36531 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in SevOne Network Management System

- [CVE-2020-36529](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-36529/): SevOne Network Management System Traceroute traceroute.php command injection (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2020-36530](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-36530/): SevOne Network Management System Alert Summary sql injection (medium 6.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2020-36531 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2020-36531 is a medium-severity code injection vulnerability in SevOne Network Management System, published on 3 Jun 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-36531 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: SevOne Network Management System. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-36531/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-36531/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-36531
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-36531
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-36531

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-36531/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.