CVE-2018-1721

Severity Score

8.8

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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 versiones 11.0 y 11.1, es vulnerable a un ataque de tipo XML External Entity Injection (XXE) cuando se procesan datos XML. Un atacante remoto podría explotar esta vulnerabilidad para exponer información confidencial o causar que el servidor web realice peticiones HTTP a dominios arbitrarios. ID de IBM X-Force: 147369.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

Low

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

Low

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

Single

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2017-12-13 CVE Reserved
2019-11-09 CVE Published
2023-03-07 EPSS Updated
2024-09-16 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-91: XML Injection (aka Blind XPath Injection)

CAPEC

References (2)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/1074144	2019-11-12

URL	Date	SRC
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/147369	2019-11-12

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Ibm Search vendor "Ibm"		Cognos Analytics Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Cognos Analytics"				11.0.0 Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Cognos Analytics" and version "11.0.0"		-		Affected
Ibm Search vendor "Ibm"		Cognos Analytics Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Cognos Analytics"				11.1.0 Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Cognos Analytics" and version "11.1.0"		-		Affected