CVE-2020-4561
IBM Cognos Analytics 11.0 and 11.1 DQM API allows submitting of all control requests in...
IBM Cognos Analytics 11.0 and 11.1 DQM API allows submitting of all control requests in unauthenticated sessions. This allows a remote attacker who can access a valid CA endpoint to read and write files to the Cognos Analytics system. IBM X-Force ID: 183903.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
IBM Cognos Analytics 11.0 and 11.1 DQM API allows submitting of all control requests in unauthenticated sessions. This allows a remote attacker who can access a valid CA endpoint to read and write files to the Cognos Analytics system. IBM X-Force ID: 183903.
- Record
CVE-2020-4561- CVSS 3.0
- 10.0 Critical
CVSS:3.0/PR:N/C:H/I:H/S:C/AC:L/A:H/UI:N/AV:N/RL:O/E:U/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-25808
IBM Cognos Analytics 11.0 and 11.1 DQM API allows submitting of all control requests in unauthenticated sessions. This allows a remote attacker who can access a valid CA endpoint to read and write files to the Cognos Analytics system. IBM X-Force ID: 183903.
- Record
EUVD-2020-25808- CVSS 3.0
- 10.0 Critical
CVSS:3.0/PR:N/C:H/I:H/S:C/AC:L/A:H/UI:N/AV:N/RL:O/E:U/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-fxr3-fx97-4wpc No score
IBM Cognos Analytics 11.0 and 11.1 DQM API allows submitting of all control requests in...
IBM Cognos Analytics 11.0 and 11.1 DQM API allows submitting of all control requests in unauthenticated sessions. This allows a remote attacker who can access a valid CA endpoint to read and write files to the Cognos Analytics system. IBM X-Force ID: 183903.
- Record
GHSA-fxr3-fx97-4wpc- Weakness
- CWE-829
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
IBM Cognos Analytics 11.0 and 11.1 DQM API allows submitting of all control requests in unauthenticated sessions. This allows a remote attacker who can access a valid CA endpoint to read and write files to the Cognos Analytics system. IBM X-Force ID: 183903.
- Record
CVE-2020-4561- CVSS 3.1
- 10.0 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 3.0
- 10.0 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-829
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-4561 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 10.0) in Ibm Cognos Analytics, published May 31, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.94%, the 87th percentile. No source names a fixed version.