01 Record
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
MediumPUBLISHEDCNA: ibm
CNA base score4.3 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.0/AV:N/C:N/A:N/I:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
02 Description
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
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
- 0.95% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 60.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 6.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- 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
- 2021-06-30 13:25Z5 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-09-16 22:30Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2020-12-17
- Assigning CNA
- ibm
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 4.3)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/C:N/A:N/I:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-668Exposure of Resource to Wrong SphereClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- bd570600c7026aae8f8e863d420bbddafba434909752dd9037a388cbc181777e
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.ibm.comhttps://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6466729
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comibm-cognos-cve202120461-gain-access (196770)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/196770
- security.netapp.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210720-0007/