CVE-2020-4711

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2020-09-15 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.0 through 10.1.6 could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories on the system. An attacker could send a specially-crafted URL request containing "dot dot" sequences (/../) to view arbitrary files on the system. IBM X-Force ID: 187501.

Affected products

IBM Spectrum Protect Plus: from 10.1.0 through 10.1.6

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/187501
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6328867
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/187501
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6328867

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