IBM Business Automation Workflow Error Message information disclosure

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in IBM Business Automation Workflow and Business Process Manager (Business Process Management Software) (unknown version). This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Error Message Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

IBM Business Automation Workflow 18.0, 19.0, and 20.0 and IBM Business Process Manager 8.0, 8.5, and 8.6 could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information when a detailed technical error message is returned in the browser. This information could be used in further attacks against the system. IBM X-Force ID: 182715.

The weakness was presented 09/25/2020 (Website). The advisory is shared at ibm.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2020-4531 since 12/30/2019. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 11/14/2020). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (182715).

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200
ATT&CK: Unknown

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12/30/2019 CVE assigned
09/25/2020 +270 days Advisory disclosed
09/25/2020 +0 days VulDB entry created
11/14/2020 +50 days VulDB last update

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Vendor: https://www.ibm.com/

Advisory: ibm.com
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CVE: CVE-2020-4531 (🔒)
X-Force: 182715

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Created: 09/25/2020 08:34 PM
Updated: 11/14/2020 10:53 AM
Changes: (1) source_cve_cna
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