What is CVE-2020-4561?

CVE-2020-4561 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Ibm Cognos Analytics. CVSS score: 10.0/10. Published 2021-05-31.

How severe is CVE-2020-4561?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 10.0 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Ibm Cognos Analytics

CVE-2020-4561

IBM Cognos Analytics 11.0 and 11.1 DQM API allows submitting of all control requests in unauthenticated sessions. This allows a remote attacker who can access a valid CA endpoint to read and write files to the Cognos Analytics system. IBM…

EPSS: 0.009 (75.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 10.0 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/PR:N/C:H/I:H/S:C/AC:L/A:H/UI:N/AV:N/RL:O/E:U/RC:C.

Affected products

Ibm Cognos Analytics — versions 11.0, 11.1

References

www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6451705 (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
ibm-cognos-cve20204561-command-exec (183903) (vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210622-0004/ (x_refsource_CONFIRM)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-4561?: CVE-2020-4561 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Ibm Cognos Analytics. CVSS score: 10.0/10. Published 2021-05-31.
How severe is CVE-2020-4561?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 10.0 out of 10.