CVE-2021-20468

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2022-09-01 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-352

Description

IBM Cognos Analytics 11.1.7, 11.2.0, and 11.2.1 is vulnerable to cross-site request forgery which could allow an attacker to execute malicious and unauthorized actions transmitted from a user that the website trusts. IBM X-Force ID: 196825.

Affected products

IBM Cognos Analytics: from 11.1.0 before 11.1.7; from 11.2.0 before 11.2.3; 11.1.7, 11.1.7-fixpack1, 11.1.7-fixpack2, 11.1.7-fixpack3, 11.1.7-fixpack4 — fixed in 11.1.7, 11.2.3
OnCommand Insight: all versions

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: IBM Cognos Analytics 11.1.7, 11.2.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/196825
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221014-0005/
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6615285
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/196825
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221014-0005/
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6615285

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