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CVE-2021-20451

Status: AnalyzedHigh (7.2)—

IBM Cognos Controller 10.4.1, 10.4.2, and 11.0.0 is vulnerable to SQL injection. A remote attacker could send specially crafted SQL statements, which could allow the attacker to view, add, modify or delete information in the back-end database. IBM X-Force ID: 196643.

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Exploitation probability (EPSS)

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Affected technologies (1)

IBM — Cognos Controller

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