CVE-2020-4685
HIGH
7.2
CVSS Score
Published: November 11, 2020 at 12:55 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:20 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorCognos Controller
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Severity
HIGH7.2
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (2)
VDB Entryx_refsource_XFVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/186625x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6339995CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- HIGH
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
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StatusMODIFIED
CWE
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