CVE-2018-1721 — IBM Cognos Analytics 11

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-

01What is this vulnerability?

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.

02Affected products

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2019-11-09T01:41:06.797Z
• Last modified: 2024-09-16T19:55:39.776Z

09References

• www.ibm.com — https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/1074144
• exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com — https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/147369