What is CVE-2021-20461?

CVE-2021-20461 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Cognos Analytics, classified under Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2021-06-30.

How severe is CVE-2021-20461?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in IBM Cognos Analytics

CVE-2021-20461

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.

EPSS: 0.010 (57.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Ibm Cognos Analytics — versions 11.0, 11.1
Ibm Cognos_analytics — versions 11.0.13, 11.1.7
Netapp Oncommand_insight

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-668 — Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere

References

psirt@us.ibm.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
psirt@us.ibm.com (VDB Entry, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory, x_refsource_XF)
psirt@us.ibm.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-20461?: CVE-2021-20461 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Cognos Analytics, classified under Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2021-06-30.
How severe is CVE-2021-20461?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.