CVEvulnerability
CVE-2020-4685
7.2 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2020-11-11
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.2 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 8.0 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.5 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
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.
Affected configurations
• ibm cognos controller 10.3.0
• ibm cognos controller 10.3.1
• ibm cognos controller 10.4.0
• ibm cognos controller 10.4.1
• ibm cognos controller 10.4.2
References
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/186625 VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6339995 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/186625 VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6339995 Patch, Vendor Advisory