How severe is CVE-2019-4716?

CVE-2019-4716 has a CVSS 3.0 base score of 10 (CRITICAL). EPSS estimates a 86.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. It is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

CVE-2019-4716: IBM Planning Analytics Remote Code Execution

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

IBM Planning Analytics Remote Code Execution Vulnerability is confirmed as actively exploited and is listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Added to KEV

2021-11-03

Remediation due

2022-05-03

Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.

CISA notes
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-4716

Description

IBM Planning Analytics 2.0.0 through 2.0.8 is vulnerable to a configuration overwrite that allows an unauthenticated user to login as "admin", and then execute code as root or SYSTEM via TM1 scripting. IBM X-Force ID: 172094.

Severity

CVSS 3.0 · CNA10 CRITICAL

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

SSVC · CISA-ADP

Exploitationactive

Automatableyes

Technical impacttotal

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions
IBM	Planning Analytics	2.0.0 2.0.8

References

4 Links

Mailing lists

20200327 CVE-2019-4716: conf overwrite + auth bypass = rce as root / SYSTEM on IBM PA / TM1

Vulnerability databases

ibm-pa-cve20194716-code-exec (172094)

Other references

Record Details

Published

2019-12-18

Last updated

2026-01-12

Assigner (CNA)

ibm

Credited to

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