IBM Planning Analytics 2.0 could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by the failure to set the HTTPOnly flag.

published 2021-10-27 5y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2021-7944

cvss: 3.7; version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.1%; EPSS 1.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 66%
public exploits: 0; none known

IBM Planning Analytics 2.0 could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by the failure to set the HTTPOnly flag. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information from the cookie. IBM X-Force ID: 198755.

Patch / fix

links 1

ibm.com/support/pages/node/6507095 advisory

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Exploit prediction

1.11% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 66% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.0	3.7	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/PR:N/S:U/I:N/C:L/A:N/UI:N/AC:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
NVD	3.1	5.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CNA	3.0	3.7	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD	2.0	5.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

IBM Planning Analytics

Classification

Weakness

CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

References

ibm.com /support/pages/node/6507095
patch, vendor-advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/198755
vdb-entry, vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2021-20526
NVD CVE-2021-20526

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