{"id":"CVE-2020-4685","aliases":["EUVD-2020-25932","GHSA-jv3x-w786-8ggq"],"status":"published","title":"A low level user of IBM Cognos Controller 10.3.0, 10.3.1, 10.4.0, 10.4.1, and 10.4.2 who has...","description":"A low level user of IBM Cognos Controller 10.3.0, 10.3.1, 10.4.0, 10.4.1, and 10.4.2 who has Administration rights to the server where the application is installed, can escalate their privilege from Low level to Super Admin and gain access to Create/Update/Delete any level of user in Cognos Controller. IBM X-Force ID: 186625.","severity":{"version":"3.0","score":8,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/S:C/I:H/C:H/AC:H/A:H/PR:H/UI:N/AV:N/RL:O/RC:C/E:U","level":"high","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-08","score":0.01445,"percentile":0.73457,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-269"],"published":"2020-11-11T12:55:14Z","modified":"2026-06-17T03:20:21Z","products":[{"vendor":"ibm","product":"cognos controller"},{"vendor":"ibm","product":"cognos_controller"}],"references":[{"url":"https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6339995","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred","Patch","Vendor Advisory"]},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/186625","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_XF","x_transferred","VDB Entry","Vendor Advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-4685"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jv3x-w786-8ggq"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2020-4685","description":"A low level user of IBM Cognos Controller 10.3.0, 10.3.1, 10.4.0, 10.4.1, and 10.4.2 who has Administration rights to the server where the application is installed, can escalate their privilege from Low level to Super Admin and gain access to Create/Update/Delete any level of user in Cognos Controller. IBM X-Force ID: 186625.","status":"published","published":"2020-11-11T12:55:14.029Z","modified":"2024-09-16T23:50:55.144Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.0","score":8,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/S:C/I:H/C:H/AC:H/A:H/PR:H/UI:N/AV:N/RL:O/RC:C/E:U","level":"high","assessor":"cna"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:35:55.797746Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2020-25932","description":"A low level user of IBM Cognos Controller 10.3.0, 10.3.1, 10.4.0, 10.4.1, and 10.4.2 who has Administration rights to the server where the application is installed, can escalate their privilege from Low level to Super Admin and gain access to Create/Update/Delete any level of user in Cognos Controller. IBM X-Force ID: 186625.","status":"published","published":"2020-11-11T12:55:14Z","modified":"2024-09-16T23:50:55Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.0","score":8,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/S:C/I:H/C:H/AC:H/A:H/PR:H/UI:N/AV:N/RL:O/RC:C/E:U","level":"high"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-03T00:29:04.923307Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-jv3x-w786-8ggq","title":"A low level user of IBM Cognos Controller 10.3.0, 10.3.1, 10.4.0, 10.4.1, and 10.4.2 who has...","description":"A low level user of IBM Cognos Controller 10.3.0, 10.3.1, 10.4.0, 10.4.1, and 10.4.2 who has Administration rights to the server where the application is installed, can escalate their privilege from Low level to Super Admin and gain access to Create/Update/Delete any level of user in Cognos Controller. IBM X-Force ID: 186625.","status":"published","published":"2022-05-24T17:34:05Z","modified":"2023-01-29T05:04:42Z","cwes":["CWE-269"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:45:36.996717Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2020-4685","description":"A low level user of IBM Cognos Controller 10.3.0, 10.3.1, 10.4.0, 10.4.1, and 10.4.2 who has Administration rights to the server where the application is installed, can escalate their privilege from Low level to Super Admin and gain access to Create/Update/Delete any level of user in Cognos Controller. IBM X-Force ID: 186625.","status":"published","published":"2020-11-11T13:15:14.48Z","modified":"2026-06-17T03:20:21.127Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":7.2,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"primary"},{"version":"3.0","score":8,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"secondary"},{"version":"2.0","score":6.5,"vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P","level":"medium","assessor":"primary"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:06:24.137599Z"}]}}