CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2024-49352

Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

Published: Feb 05, 2025 | Modified: Jul 02, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

IBM Cognos Analytics 11.2.0, 11.2.1, 11.2.2, 11.2.3, 11.2.4, 12.0.0, 12.0.1, 12.0.2, 12.0.3, and 12.0.4 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.

Weakness

The product processes an XML document that can contain XML entities with URIs that resolve to documents outside of the intended sphere of control, causing the product to embed incorrect documents into its output.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Cognos_analytics Ibm 11.2.0 (including) 11.2.4 (excluding)
Cognos_analytics Ibm 12.0.0 (including) 12.0.4 (excluding)
Cognos_analytics Ibm 11.2.4 (including) 11.2.4 (including)
Cognos_analytics Ibm 11.2.4-fixpack1 (including) 11.2.4-fixpack1 (including)
Cognos_analytics Ibm 11.2.4-fixpack2 (including) 11.2.4-fixpack2 (including)
Cognos_analytics Ibm 11.2.4-fixpack3 (including) 11.2.4-fixpack3 (including)
Cognos_analytics Ibm 11.2.4-fixpack4 (including) 11.2.4-fixpack4 (including)
Cognos_analytics Ibm 12.0.4 (including) 12.0.4 (including)
Cognos_analytics Ibm 12.0.4-interim_fix_1 (including) 12.0.4-interim_fix_1 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References