What is CVE-2021-20451?

CVE-2021-20451 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Cognos Controller, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 6.0/10. Published 2024-05-03.

How severe is CVE-2021-20451?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.0 out of 10.

SQL Injection in IBM Cognos Controller

CVE-2021-20451

IBM Cognos Controller 10.4.1, 10.4.2, and 11.0.0 is vulnerable to SQL injection. A remote attacker could send specially crafted SQL statements, which could allow the attacker to view, add, modify or delete information in the back-end database. IBM X-Force ID: 196643.

Vulnerability class: SQL Injection

EPSS: 0.005 (40.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.0 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L.

Affected products

Ibm Cognos Controller — versions 10.4.1, 10.4.2, 11.0.0
Ibm Cognos_controller — versions 10.4.1, 10.4.2, 11.0.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-89 — SQL Injection

References

psirt@us.ibm.com (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
psirt@us.ibm.com (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-20451?: CVE-2021-20451 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Cognos Controller, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 6.0/10. Published 2024-05-03.
How severe is CVE-2021-20451?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.0 out of 10.