CVE-2020-4805 Information disclosure in Edge
Medium 4.0
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2020-4805 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2020-4805 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Edge, published on 23 Sep 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-4805 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: IBM Edge. 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-2020-4805/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-4805/index.md)
IBM Edge stores web pages locally, allowing other users on the system to read sensitive data.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-4805?
CVE-2020-4805 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Edge, published on 23 Sep 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
IBM Edge 4.2 allows web pages to be stored locally which can be read by another user on the system. IBM X-Force ID: 189539.
Weakness: CWE-922
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-4805?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ibm Edge Application Manager.
How do I fix CVE-2020-4805?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-4805 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2020-4805 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-4805 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in IBM Edge
Sources
Also known as GHSA-w9xf-mr89-vp4r.