CVE-2018-1721 - XML Injection (aka Blind XPath Injection)

Severity

88%

Complexity

27%

Confidentiality

98%

IBM Cognos Analytics 11.0 and 11.1 is vulnerable to a XML External Entity Injection (XXE) attack when processing XML data. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to expose sensitive information or cause the web server to make HTTP requests to arbitrary domains. IBM X-Force ID: 147369.

IBM Cognos Analytics 11.0 and 11.1 is vulnerable to a XML External Entity Injection (XXE) attack when processing XML data. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to expose sensitive information or cause the web server to make HTTP requests to arbitrary domains. IBM X-Force ID: 147369.

CVSS 3.1 Base Score 8.8. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 6.5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P).

Overview

Type

IBM Cognos Analytics

First reported 5 years ago

2019-11-09 02:15:00

Last updated 5 years ago

2019-11-12 18:26:00

Affected Software

IBM Cognos Analytics (CA) 11.0.0

11.0.0

IBM Cognos Analytics 11.1.0

11.1.0

References

ibm-cognos-cve20181721-xxe (147369)

VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/1074144

Patch, Vendor Advisory

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