Insufficient session expiration in IBM Content Navigator
Priority MEDIUM 40CWE-613Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-613.
Summary
IBM Content Navigator 3.0CD does not invalidate session after logout which could allow an authenticated user to impersonate another user on the system. IBM X-Force ID: 175559.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00902 59th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-4253
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-8mx2-gx23-v8q6
References
More IBM Content Navigator vulnerabilities
- TI-2019-03020 IBM Content Navigator 3.0CD is could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on a… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2022-21355 IBM Content Navigator code execution CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2018-01261 XML external entity injection in IBM Content Navigator CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.2
- TI-2018-01262 IBM Content Navigator 2.0 and 3.0 is vulnerable to Comma Separated Value (CSV) Injection. CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.8
- TI-2021-10402 Improper input validation in IBM Content Navigator CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2020-04032 Cross-site scripting in IBM Content Navigator CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.4
Sources
- CVE-2020-4253 · CVE Program
- CVE-2020-4253 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-8mx2-gx23-v8q6 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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