CVE-2020-4377 — XML External Entity (XXE) Injection in IBM Cognos Analytics

CWE-611 — XML External Entity (XXE) InjectionCWE-776 — XML Entity Expansion3 documents3 sources
Severity
9.1CRITICALNVD
EPSS
0.6%
top 30.33%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
IBM Cognos Analytics
Timeline
PublishedAug 3
Latest updateMay 24

Description

IBM Cognos Anaytics 11.0 and 11.1 is vulnerable to an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) attack when processing XML data. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to expose sensitive information or consume memory resources. IBM X-Force ID: 179156.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 5.2

Affected Packages2 packages

▶CVEListV5ibm/cognos_analytics11.0, 11.1+1
▶NVDibm/cognos_analytics11.0.0, 11.1.0+1

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-wqpf-2j2m-q8q9: IBM Cognos Anaytics 11↗2022-05-24
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CVEList
CVE-2020-4377: IBM Cognos Anaytics 11↗2020-08-03
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