What is CVE-2019-4231?

CVE-2019-4231 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Cognos Analytics, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2019-12-20.

How severe is CVE-2019-4231?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.

CSRF in IBM Cognos Analytics

CVE-2019-4231

IBM Cognos Analytics 11.0 and 11.1 is vulnerable to cross-site request forgery which could allow an attacker to execute malicious and unauthorized actions transmitted from a user that the website trusts. IBM X-Force ID: 159356.

Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

Published 2019-12-20 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.007 (52.2th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 52nd percentile — 52.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: 0.000

Affected products

IBM Cognos Analytics — versions 11.0, 11.1
IBM Cognos Analytics — versions 11.0.13
NetApp Oncommand Insight

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-352 — Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

References

www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/1138588 (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/159356 (VDB Entry, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200103-0003/ (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-4231?: CVE-2019-4231 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Cognos Analytics, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2019-12-20.
How severe is CVE-2019-4231?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.