2024-05-03 18:16CVE-2021-20451ibm
PUBLISHED5.1CWE-89

IBM Cognos Controller SQL injection

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.

Problem type

Affected products

IBM

Cognos Controller

10.4.1, 10.4.2, 11.0.0 - AFFECTED

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Mitre source

https://cveawg.mitre.org/api/cve/CVE-2021-20451