CVE-2020-4527 Information disclosure in Planning Analytics
Attackers can intercept session cookies transmitted over HTTP to steal sensitive information and potentially hijack user accounts.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-4527?
CVE-2020-4527 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Planning Analytics, published on 20 Jul 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
IBM Planning Analytics 2.0 could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by the failure to set the Secure flag for the session cookie in TLS mode. By intercepting its transmission within an HTTP session, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to capture the cookie and obtain sensitive information. IBM X-Force ID: 182631.
Weakness: CWE-384
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-4527?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ibm Planning Analytics.
How do I fix CVE-2020-4527?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-4527 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2020-4527 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-4527 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in IBM Planning Analytics
- CVE-2019-4716 IBM Planning Analytics Remote Code Execution
- CVE-2026-19620 IBM Planning Analytics Local is affected by security vulnerabilities
- CVE-2026-19622 IBM Planning Analytics Local is affected by security vulnerabilities
- CVE-2026-19627 IBM Planning Analytics Local is affected by security vulnerabilities
- CVE-2024-25034 IBM Planning Analytics file upload
Sources
Also known as GHSA-jh29-7cwf-26xx.