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CVE-2020-4516

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-4516 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting IBM Business Process Manager (versions 8.5, 8.6) and IBM Business Automation Workflow (versions 18.0, 19.0, 20.0). This flaw allows authenticated attackers to inject malicious JavaScript into the web UI, potentially leading to credential disclosure within a trusted session. The CVSS score is 5.4, indicating a network-based attack with low complexity requiring user interaction and low privileges. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
18.0.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:business_automation_workflow:18.0.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
18.0.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:business_automation_workflow:18.0.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
18.0.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:business_automation_workflow:18.0.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
19.0.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:business_automation_workflow:19.0.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
19.0.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:business_automation_workflow:19.0.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.4MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.3
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.81%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
53.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0081 is in the 88th percentile among its peer group of 15,239 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/182371
VDB EntryVendor Advisory
ibm.com / support/pages/node/6326901
PatchVendor Advisory