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…

published 2020-11-11 5y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-25932

cvss: 8.0; version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.4%; EPSS 1.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 73%
public exploits: 0; none known

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.

Patch / fix

links 1

ibm.com/support/pages/node/6339995 advisory

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Exploit prediction

1.45% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 73% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.0	8.0	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
NVD	3.1	7.2	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA	3.0	8.0	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	6.5	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

IBM Cognos Controller

References

ibm.com /support/pages/node/6339995
patch, vendor-advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/186625
vdb-entry, vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2020-4685
NVD CVE-2020-4685

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