01 Record
CVE-2020-4520
IBM Cognos Analytics 11.0 and 11.1 could allow a remote attacker to inject malicious HTML code that when viewed by the authenticated victim would execute the code. IBM X-Force ID: 182395.
HighPUBLISHEDCNA: ibm
CNA base score7.1 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.0/C:H/PR:L/S:U/I:H/UI:R/AV:N/AC:H/A:H/RC:C/E:U/RL:O
02 Description
IBM Cognos Analytics 11.0 and 11.1 could allow a remote attacker to inject malicious HTML code that when viewed by the authenticated victim would execute the code. IBM X-Force ID: 182395.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.73% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 85.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 8.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2021-05-31 15:10Z5 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-09-17 02:52Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2019-12-30
- Assigning CNA
- ibm
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 7.1)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/C:H/PR:L/S:U/I:H/UI:R/AV:N/AC:H/A:H/RC:C/E:U/RL:O
- Weaknesses
- CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 38e7b27d6ff15bf0db93a8d029a1debe57d4c03bdc21b83d880f40f41cb79e46
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.ibm.comhttps://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6451705
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comibm-cognos-cve20204520-html-injection (182395)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/182395
- security.netapp.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210622-0004/