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CVE-2020-4698
IBM Business Process Manager 8.5, 8.6 and IBM Business Automation Workflow 18.0, 19.0, and 20.0 are vulnerable to stored cross-site…
Medium6.4EPSS 0.56%
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- ibm
Description
IBM Business Process Manager 8.5, 8.6 and IBM Business Automation Workflow 18.0, 19.0, and 20.0 are vulnerable to stored cross-site scripting. This vulnerability allows users to embed arbitrary JavaScript code in the Web UI thus altering the intended functionality potentially leading to credentials disclosure within a trusted session. IBM X-Force ID: 186841.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| ibmCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | Medium6.4 | CVSS:3.0/AC:L/S:C/C:L/AV:N/PR:L/A:N/UI:N/I:L/RC:C/E:H/RL:O |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.56% · top 53% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.4.
Weakness
- Cross-Site Scripting
- CWE-79 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-79 and its CVEs
Affected products
IBM · Business Process Manager
- affected 8.5
- affected 8.6
IBM · Business Automation Workflow
- affected 18.0
- affected 19.0
- affected 20.0
References (2)
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6326825 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ibm-baw-cve20204698-xss (186841) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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