CVE-2021-20461
IBM Cognos Analytics 10.0 and 11.1 is susceptible to a weakness in the implementation of the...
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
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.
- Record
CVE-2021-20461- CVSS 3.0
- 4.3 Medium
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 - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-7879
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.
- Record
EUVD-2021-7879- CVSS 3.0
- 4.3 Medium
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 - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-66m8-64xr-mvh7
IBM Cognos Analytics 10.0 and 11.1 is susceptible to a weakness in the implementation of the...
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.
- Record
GHSA-66m8-64xr-mvh7- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-863
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
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.
- Record
CVE-2021-20461- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - CVSS 3.0
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-668
- 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-2021-20461 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in Ibm Cognos Analytics, published June 30, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.95%, the 61st percentile. No source names a fixed version.