IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.0 through 10.1.6 could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories on the system.

published 2020-09-15 6y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-25958

cvss: 6.5; version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 2.6%; EPSS 2.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 85%
public exploits: 0; none known

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.

Patch / fix

links 1

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

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Exploit prediction

2.61% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 85% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.0	6.5	CVSS:3.0/A:N/AC:L/S:U/AV:N/I:N/UI:N/C:H/PR:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
NVD	3.1	6.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CNA	3.0	6.5	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD	2.0	4.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

IBM Spectrum Protect Plus

Classification

Weakness

CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

ibm.com /support/pages/node/6328867
patch, vendor-advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/187501
vdb-entry, vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2020-4711
NVD CVE-2020-4711

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