CVE-2020-4729

IBM Safer Payments denial of service

MEDIUM

5.3

CVSS Score

Published: April 28, 2023 at 01:11 AM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:20 AM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorSafer Payments

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Severity

MEDIUM5.3

Exploit prediction

EPSS 0.6%

SSVC

No known exploit

Description

IBM Counter Fraud Management for Safer Payments 5.7.0.00 through 5.7.0.10, 6.0.0.00 through 6.0.0.07, 6.1.0.00 through 6.1.0.05, and 6.2.0.00 through 6.2.1.00 could allow an authenticated attacker under special circumstances to send multiple specially crafted API requests that could cause the application to crash. IBM X-Force ID: 188052.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Safer Payments · IBM

95%

5.7.0.00 ≤ v ≤ 5.7.0.105.7.0.00 ≤ v < 5.7.0.116.0.0.00 ≤ v ≤ 6.0.0.076.0.0.00 ≤ v < 6.0.0.086.1.0.00 ≤ v ≤ 6.1.0.056.1.0.00 ≤ v < 6.1.0.066.2.0.00 ≤ v ≤ 6.2.1.006.2.0.00 ≤ v < 6.2.1.015.7.0.00 6.0.0.00 6.1.0.00 6.2.0.00

Affected range stops below 5.7.0.11, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 6.0.0.08, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 6.1.0.06, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 6.2.1.01, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (2)

VDB EntryVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/188052

Vendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6985595

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

5.3MEDIUMibm

Attack Vector: NETWORK
Complexity: HIGH
Privileges: LOW
User Interaction: NONE
Scope: UNCHANGED
Confidentiality: NONE
Integrity: NONE
Availability: HIGH

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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