CVE-2020-4779 Auth bypass in Curam SPM

What is CVE-2020-4779?

CVE-2020-4779 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in IBM Curam SPM, published on 12 Oct 2020. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A HTTP Verb Tampering vulnerability may impact IBM Curam Social Program Management 7.0.9 and 7.0.10. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass security access controls. IBM X-Force ID: 189156.

Weakness: CWE-287

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-4779?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ibm Curam Social Program Management.

How do I fix CVE-2020-4779?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-4779 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.

Is CVE-2020-4779 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-4779 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in IBM Curam SPM

• CVE-2016-6111 XML external entity in Cram Social Program Management Critical 9.1
• CVE-2014-8903 Code injection in n/a High 8.8
• CVE-2020-4772 XML external entity in Curam SPM High 7.1
• CVE-2018-1654 Open redirect in Curam Social Program Management Medium 6.8
• CVE-2014-6090 Cross-site request forgery in n/a Medium 6.8

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-mj86-p3gv-6mgp.