IBM WebSphere Application Server 7.0, 8.0, 8.5, and 9.0 traditional is vulnerable to a privilege escalation vulnerability when using token-…

published 2020-04-10 6y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-25609

cvss: 7.5; version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 2.4%; EPSS 2.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 84%
public exploits: 0; none known

IBM WebSphere Application Server 7.0, 8.0, 8.5, and 9.0 traditional is vulnerable to a privilege escalation vulnerability when using token-based authentication in an admin request over the SOAP connector. IBM X-Force ID: 178929.

Patch / fix

links 1

ibm.com/support/pages/node/6174417 advisory

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Exploit prediction

2.44% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 84% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.0	7.5	CVSS:3.0/S:U/I:H/A:H/AC:H/AV:N/PR:L/UI:N/C:H/RC:C/E:U/RL:O
NVD	3.1	8.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA	3.0	7.5	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	6.5	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

IBM WebSphere Application Server

References

ibm.com /support/pages/node/6174417
patch, vendor-advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/178929
vdb-entry, vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2020-4362
NVD CVE-2020-4362

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