PT-2019-9414 · Ibm · Ibm Cognos Analytics

Jarad Kopf · Published 2019-11-09 · Updated 2019-11-12 · CVE-2018-1721

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.8

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions IBM Cognos Analytics versions 11.0 through 11.1

Description The issue allows a remote attacker to expose sensitive information or cause the web server to make HTTP requests to arbitrary domains through a XML External Entity Injection (XXE) attack when processing XML data.

Recommendations For IBM Cognos Analytics versions 11.0 through 11.1, update to a version that includes a fix for this issue to prevent XXE attacks.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-91

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-1721

Affected Products

Ibm Cognos Analytics

References · 4

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-1721 · Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/147369 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ibm.com/support/pages/node/1074144 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1721 · Security Note