CVE-2021-20493: IBM Cognos Analytics

Medium severity, CVSS 6.1. EPSS: 0.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

IBM Cognos Analytics 11.1.7 and 11.2.0 is vulnerable to cross-site scripting. This vulnerability allows users to embed arbitrary JavaScript code in the Web UI thus altering the intended functionality potentially leading to credentials disclosure within a trusted session. IBM X-Force ID: 197794.

Affected products

• IBM Cognos Analytics: from 11.1.0, before 11.1.7 (fixed in 11.1.7); version 11.1.7 only; version 11.2.0 only
• Netapp Oncommand Insight: affected versions not specified

Published 2021-12-03. Last modified 2026-06-17.