# CVE-2020-4649: Information disclosure in Planning Analytics Local

> Attackers can access sensitive data by exploiting non-invalidated user sessions in IBM Planning Analytics applications.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.0/C:L/S:U/AV:N/A:N/I:N/PR:L/UI:N/AC:L/RL:O/RC:C/E:U`)
- **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 Nov 2020
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-xm98-722w-4373

## What is CVE-2020-4649?

CVE-2020-4649 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Planning Analytics Local, published on 3 Nov 2020. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

IBM Planning Analytics Local 2.0.9.2 and IBM Planning Analytics Workspace 57 could expose data to non-privleged users by not invalidating TM1Web user sessions. IBM X-Force ID: 186022.

Weakness: CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-4649?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Planning Analytics Local.

## How do I fix CVE-2020-4649?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-4649 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2020-4649 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-4649 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in IBM Planning Analytics Local

- [CVE-2025-36357](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-36357/): IBM Planning Analytics Local Directory Traversal (high 8.0)
- [CVE-2026-10545](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-10545/): IBM Planning Analytics Local is affected by Open Redirect (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2026-13365](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-13365/): IBM Planning Analytics Local is affected by security vulnerabilities (high 7.1)
- [CVE-2024-35143](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-35143/): IBM Planning Analytics Local missing authentication (medium 6.7)
- [CVE-2026-1267](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-1267/): IBM Planning Analytics Information Disclosure (medium 6.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2020-4649 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2020-4649 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Planning Analytics Local, published on 3 Nov 2020. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-4649 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: IBM Planning Analytics Local. 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-2020-4649/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-4649/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-4649
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-4649
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-4649

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