Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
This is a SQL injection flaw in IBM Contract Management and IBM Emptoris Spend Analysis versions 10.1.0 through 10.1.3. A low-privileged remote attacker could manipulate database queries and view, add, modify, or delete back-end data. The business risk is unauthorized access or tampering with procurement, contract, or spend-analysis records.
Executive priority
Prioritize remediation for affected deployments because the flaw can directly affect database integrity. If these products handle contract or spend data, unauthorized modification could create business, audit, and operational risk. Urgency depends on exposure and whether low-privileged accounts are broadly available.
Technical view
CVE-2019-4481 affects IBM Contract Management and IBM Emptoris Spend Analysis 10.1.0-10.1.3. The flaw is remotely reachable over the network, requires low privileges, requires no user interaction, and has high integrity impact with low confidentiality and availability impact. IBM X-Force tracks it as ID 164064.
Likely exposure
Exposure is limited to organizations running the listed IBM products and versions. Risk is higher where authenticated users can reach the application over broad internal networks, partner access, or the internet. The sources do not provide deployment prevalence or affected endpoints.
Exploitation context
The source bundle does not show CISA KEV listing or cited active exploitation. The CVSS vector marks exploit maturity as unproven. Treat it as a serious authenticated SQL injection risk, but do not assume in-the-wild exploitation from the provided evidence.
Researcher notes
The public data identifies the vulnerability class and impact but not vulnerable parameters, endpoints, proof-of-concept details, or fixed versions. Validation should remain non-invasive and source-grounded: version confirmation, advisory review, access review, and log analysis.
Mitigation direction
- Apply IBM's official remediation from the referenced support advisory.
- Restrict application access to trusted networks until remediation is complete.
- Review database permissions used by the application for least privilege.
- Increase monitoring for suspicious authenticated application and database activity.
Validation and detection
- Inventory IBM Contract Management and Emptoris Spend Analysis deployments.
- Confirm whether any deployment runs versions 10.1.0 through 10.1.3.
- Review IBM advisory UID ibm10880223 for exact remediation details.
- Check logs for unusual database errors or suspicious authenticated requests.
- Verify vulnerable applications are not broadly network reachable.
Public sources used
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- High
- CVSS
- 7.6 (3.0)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.0/C:L/A:L/AC:L/S:U/AV:N/UI:N/PR:L/I:H/E:U/RC:C/RL:O
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CVSS vector scores
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CVSS:3.0/C:L/A:L/AC:L/S:U/AV:N/UI:N/PR:L/I:H/E:U/RC:C/RL:O2.84.7Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.0 score
7.6HighVector: CVSS:3.0/C:L/A:L/AC:L/S:U/AV:N/UI:N/PR:L/I:H/E:U/RC:C/RL:O
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10880223CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- ibm-emptoris-cve20194481-sql-injection (164064)CVE reference · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF
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