# CVE-2020-4882: Server-side request forgery in Planning Analytics

> Attackers can exploit SSRF in IBM Planning Analytics to access internal networks or local files via crafted URLs.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.1 (`CVSS:3.0/S:C/AC:L/A:N/UI:R/AV:N/I:L/PR:N/C:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 22 Mar 2021
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-fq78-33g3-p22q

## What is CVE-2020-4882?

CVE-2020-4882 is a medium-severity server-side request forgery vulnerability in IBM Planning Analytics, published on 22 Mar 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

IBM Planning Analytics 2.0 could be vulnerable to a Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) attack by constucting URLs from user-controlled data . This could enable attackers to make arbitrary requests to the internal network or to the local file system. IBM X-Force ID: 190852.

Weakness: CWE-918 (Server-Side Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-4882?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Planning Analytics.

## How do I fix CVE-2020-4882?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-4882 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2020-4882 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-4882 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in IBM Planning Analytics

- [CVE-2019-4716](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-4716/): IBM Planning Analytics Remote Code Execution (critical 10.0, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2026-19620](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-19620/): IBM Planning Analytics Local is affected by security vulnerabilities (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2026-19622](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-19622/): IBM Planning Analytics Local is affected by security vulnerabilities (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2026-19627](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-19627/): IBM Planning Analytics Local is affected by security vulnerabilities (high 8.2)
- [CVE-2024-25034](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-25034/): IBM Planning Analytics file upload (high 8.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2020-4882 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2020-4882 is a medium-severity server-side request forgery vulnerability in IBM Planning Analytics, published on 22 Mar 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-4882 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: IBM Planning Analytics. 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-2020-4882/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-4882/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-4882
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-4882
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-4882

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