CVE-2021-20559: IBM Control Desk

Medium severity, CVSS 5.4. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

IBM Control Desk 7.6.1.2 and 7.6.1.3 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: 199228.

Affected products

• IBM Control Desk: version 7.6.1.2 only; version 7.6.1.3 only

Published 2021-05-10. Last modified 2026-06-17.