CVE-2020-4700 Privilege escalation in Sterling B2B Integrator

High 7.5 Published Updated

Authenticated users in specific groups can create administrative accounts, leading to privilege escalation in IBM Sterling B2B Integrator.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2020-4700?

CVE-2020-4700 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ibm Sterling B2b Integrator, published on 16 Nov 2020. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

IBM Sterling B2B Integrator Standard Edition 6.0.0.0 through 6.0.3.2 and 5.2.0.0 through 5.2.6.5 could allow an authenticated user belonging to a specific user group to create a user or group with administrative privileges. IBM X-Force ID: 187077.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-4700?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ibm Sterling B2b Integrator.

How do I fix CVE-2020-4700?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-4700 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2020-4700 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-4700 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Ibm Sterling B2b Integrator vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-wqh7-jm2p-27w2.

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