CVE-2020-4685 - 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

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HIGH

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

Published Nov 11, 2020

7.2

HIGH

CVSS 3.1

EPSS 1.44%

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.

Affected products

Vendor IBM Product Cognos Controller Default
n/a
- Version
  10.3.0
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  -
- Version
  10.3.1
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  -
- Version
  10.4.0
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  -
- Version
  10.4.1
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  -
- Version
  10.4.2
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  -

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor

Product

Default status

Versions

IBM

Cognos Controller

n/a

Version	Status	Constraints
10.3.0	affected	-
10.3.1	affected	-
10.4.0	affected	-
10.4.1	affected	-
10.4.2	affected	-

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (2)

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/186625
vdb-entryx_refsource_XFVDB EntryVendor Advisory
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6339995
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/186625		vdb-entryx_refsource_XFVDB EntryVendor Advisory
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6339995		x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner ibm

Published Nov 11, 2020

Updated Sep 16, 2024

Reserved Dec 30, 2019

Link CVE-2020-4685

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2020-4685

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2020-4685