IBM Business Automation Workflow 18.0, 19.0, and 20.0 and IBM Business Process Manager 8.0, 8.5, and 8.6 could allow a remote attacker to o…

published 2020-09-25 6y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-25778

cvss: 5.3; version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.4%; EPSS 1.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 73%
public exploits: 0; none known

IBM Business Automation Workflow 18.0, 19.0, and 20.0 and IBM Business Process Manager 8.0, 8.5, and 8.6 could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information when a detailed technical error message is returned in the browser. This information could be used in further attacks against the system. IBM X-Force ID: 182715.

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Exploit prediction

1.43% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 73% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.0	5.3	CVSS:3.0/S:U/AV:N/AC:L/UI:N/C:L/I:N/PR:N/A:N/RC:C/RL:O/E:U
NVD	3.1	5.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CNA	3.0	5.3	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD	2.0	5.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

IBM Business Automation Workflow
IBM Business Process Manager

Classification

Weakness

CWE-252 Unchecked Return Value

References

ibm.com /support/pages/node/6336935
vendor-advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/182715
vdb-entry, vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2020-4531
NVD CVE-2020-4531

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