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CVE-2020-4854

24
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-4854 describes a critical vulnerability in IBM Spectrum Protect Plus versions 10.1.0 through 10.1.6, where hard-coded credentials are used for authentication, communication, or data encryption. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to achieve complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability, as indicated by its CVSS v3.1 score of 9.8 (CRITICAL). Despite its severity, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (e.g., Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 10.1.0, <= 10.1.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_protect_plus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.8CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.40%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
82.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0240 is in the 72nd percentile among its peer group of 36,897 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (7)

esetvendor investigatingvia llm_extracted
hyperledgervendor investigatingvia llm_extracted
mariadbvendor investigatingvia llm_extracted
omronvendor investigatingvia llm_extracted
openrefinevendor investigatingvia llm_extracted
pnpmvendor investigatingvia llm_extracted
twiliovendor investigatingvia llm_extracted

Vendor Advisories (7)

twiliollm-twilio-bd6ed87d3188bcc5CRITICAL

IBM Spectrum Protect Plus Static Credential Vulnerability

Dec 4, 2020
esetllm-eset-a518f8bc0036181aCRITICAL

IBM Spectrum Protect Plus Static Credential Vulnerability

Dec 4, 2020
hyperledgerllm-hyperledger-2b017eb0231dbcf6CRITICAL

IBM Spectrum Protect Plus Static Credential Vulnerability

Dec 4, 2020
pnpmllm-pnpm-0e9174bda2fbf4baCRITICAL

IBM Spectrum Protect Plus Static Credential Vulnerability

Dec 4, 2020
omronllm-omron-891368e2925f8f4cCRITICAL

IBM Spectrum Protect Plus Static Credential Vulnerability

Dec 4, 2020
openrefinellm-openrefine-478e95196519e0c3CRITICAL

IBM Spectrum Protect Plus Static Credential Vulnerability

Dec 4, 2020
mariadbllm-mariadb-199238c534862106CRITICAL

IBM Spectrum Protect Plus Static Credential Vulnerability

Dec 4, 2020

References

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/190454
VDB EntryVendor Advisory
ibm.com / support/pages/node/6367823
PatchVendor Advisory
tenable.com / security/research/tra-2020-66
ExploitThird Party Advisory