Cyber Resilience

CVE-2020-4974

Medium

Published: 28 July 2021

Published
28 July 2021
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 6.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
EPSS Score 0.0017 37.7th percentile
Risk Priority 13 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2020-4974 is a medium-severity SSRF (CWE-918) vulnerability in Ibm Rational Doors Next Generation. Its CVSS base score is 6.3 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked at the 37.7th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

IBM Jazz Foundation products are vulnerable to server side request forgery (SSRF). This may allow an authenticated attacker to send unauthorized requests from the system, potentially leading to network enumeration or facilitating other attacks. IBM X-Force ID: 192434.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

ibm
engineering lifecycle optimization - engineering insights
7.0, 7.0.1, 7.0.2
ibm
engineering requirements quality assistant on-premises
all versions
ibm
engineering test management
7.0.0, 7.0.1, 7.0.2
ibm
engineering workflow management
7.0, 7.0.1, 7.0.2
ibm
rational collaborative lifecycle management
6.0.2, 6.0.6, 6.0.6.1
ibm
rational doors next generation
6.0.6, 6.0.6.1, 7.0, 7.0.1, 7.0.2
ibm
rational engineering lifecycle manager
6.0.2, 6.0.6, 6.0.6.1
ibm
rational quality manager
6.0.6, 6.0.6.1
ibm
rational team concert
6.0.6, 6.0.6.1

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-918

Penetration testing attempts server-side requests to internal resources, identifying SSRF weaknesses for remediation.

addresses: CWE-918

Outbound connections to external resources can be monitored and limited at the boundary, reducing SSRF impact.

addresses: CWE-918

Validates server-side URLs and resource references to block SSRF attempts.

addresses: CWE-918

Detects server-side request forgery through monitoring of unexpected outbound connections.

References