IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.0 through 10.1.6 Administrative Console could allow an authenticated attacker to upload arbitrary files whic…

published 2020-09-15 6y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-25950

cvss: 8.0; version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.8%; EPSS 1.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 78%
public exploits: 0; none known

IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.0 through 10.1.6 Administrative Console could allow an authenticated attacker to upload arbitrary files which could be execute arbitrary code on the vulnerable server. This vulnerability is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2020-4470. IBM X-Force ID: 187188.

Patch / fix

links 1

ibm.com/support/pages/node/6328867 advisory

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Exploit prediction

1.77% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 78% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.0	8.0	CVSS:3.0/PR:L/C:H/UI:R/I:H/AV:N/S:U/AC:L/A:H/RL:O/RC:C/E:U
NVD	3.1	8.0	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA	3.0	8.0	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	6.0	AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

IBM Spectrum Protect Plus

Classification

Weakness

CWE-434 Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

References

ibm.com /support/pages/node/6328867
patch, vendor-advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/187188
vdb-entry, vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2020-4703
NVD CVE-2020-4703

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