Vulnerability · Published Jan 21, 2022 · Assigned by ibm

CVE-2020-4876

High 7.1

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in Cognos Controller from IBM. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.7% (higher than 78% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.0)7.1High

Exploit odds (30 days)1.7%top 22.4% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

IBM Cognos Controller 10.4.0, 10.4.1, and 10.4.2 is vulnerable to an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) attack when processing XML data. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to expose sensitive information or consume memory resources. IBM X-Force ID: 190839.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
IBM	Cognos Controller	10.4.010.4.110.4.2

References

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6509856 x_refsource_CONFIRM
ibm-cognos-cve20204876-xxe (190839) vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF