IBM Monitoring (IBM Cloud APM 8.1.4 ) could allow an authenticated user to modify HTML content by sending a specially crafted HTTP request…

published 2021-03-02 5y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-25972

cvss: 4.3; version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.7%; EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 54%
public exploits: 0; none known

IBM Monitoring (IBM Cloud APM 8.1.4 ) could allow an authenticated user to modify HTML content by sending a specially crafted HTTP request to the APM UI, which could mislead another user. IBM X-Force ID: 187974.

Patch / fix

links 1

ibm.com/support/pages/node/6417137 advisory

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Exploit prediction

0.73% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 54% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.0	4.3	CVSS:3.0/UI:N/I:L/AV:N/PR:L/S:U/A:N/AC:L/C:N/RL:O/E:U/RC:C
NVD	3.1	3.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CNA	3.0	4.3	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
NVD	2.0	3.5	AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected products

IBM Cloud APM

References

ibm.com /support/pages/node/6417137
patch, vendor-advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/187974
vdb-entry, vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2020-4725
NVD CVE-2020-4725

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