What is CVE-2021-20468?

CVE-2021-20468 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Cognos Analytics, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2022-09-01.

How severe is CVE-2021-20468?

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

CSRF in IBM Cognos Analytics

CVE-2021-20468

IBM Cognos Analytics 11.1.7, 11.2.0, and 11.2.1 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: 196825.

Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

Published 2022-09-01 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

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

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (32.7th percentile), scored 2026-10-03.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 33rd percentile — 32.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

IBM Cognos Analytics — versions 11.2.0, 11.1.7, 11.2.1
IBM Cognos Analytics — versions 11.1.7
NetApp Oncommand Insight

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

References

www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6615285 (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/196825 (VDB Entry, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221014-0005/ (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-20468?: CVE-2021-20468 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Cognos Analytics, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2022-09-01.
How severe is CVE-2021-20468?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.