6.5

CVE-2021-20461: ibm cognos_analytics Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere

CVSS: 6.5v3.1MediumModified
Published 30-06-2021Last modified 16-09-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2021-20461 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere vulnerability in ibm cognos_analytics. EPSS estimates a 0.95% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 60.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
26/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.95%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 30-06-2021
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 16-09-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

IBM Cognos Analytics 10.0 and 11.1 is susceptible to a weakness in the implementation of the System Appearance configuration setting. An attacker could potentially bypass business logic to modify the appearance and behavior of the application. IBM X-Force ID: 196770.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 2 sources · 3 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.95%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

61%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.95% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.95%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Ibm1 product
  • cognos_analytics11.0 | 11.1 | ≥ 11.0.0, < 11.0.13 | ≥ 11.1.0, < 11.1.7 | 11.0.13 | 11.0.13:fixpack1 | 11.0.13:fixpack2 | 11.0.13:fixpack3 | 11.1.7 | 11.1.7:fixpack1 | 11.1.7:fixpack2
Netapp1 product

2 vendors · 2 products

References

3 links