IBM Cognos Analytics

IBM Cognos Analytics 11.0 and 11.1 DQM API allows submitting of all control requests in unauthenticated sessions. This allows a remote attacker who can access a valid CA endpoint to read and write files to the Cognos Analytics system. IBM X-Force ID: 183903.

IBM Cognos Analytics 11.2.1, 11.2.0, and 11.1.7 could allow a remote attacker to upload arbitrary files, caused by improper content validation. IBM X-Force ID: 211238.

IBM Cognos Analytics 11.0 and 11.1 could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by a CSV injection. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted excel file, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system. IBM X-Force ID: 176610.

IBM Cognos Analytics 11 could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories on the system. An attacker could send a specially-crafted URL request to write or view arbitrary files on the system. IBM X-Force ID: 158919.

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.

IBM Cognos Analytics server-side request forgery

IBM Cognos Analytics expression language injection

IBM Cognos Analytics 11.0 and 11.1 could allow a remote attacker to inject malicious HTML code that when viewed by the authenticated victim would execute the code. IBM X-Force ID: 182395.

IBM Cognos Analytics 11.1.7 and 11.2.0 could allow an authenticated user to execute code remotely due to incorrectly neutralizaing user-contrlled input that could be interpreted a a server-side include (SSI) directive. IBM X-Force ID: 199915.

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 11.1.7 and 11.2.0 is vulnerable to priviledge escalation where a lower evel user could have access to the 'New Job' page to which they should not have access to. IBM X-Force ID: 201695.

IBM Cognos Analytics 11.1.7 and 11.2.0 is vulnerable to cross-site request forgery (CSRF) in the My Inbox page which could allow an attacker to execute malicious and unauthorized actions transmitted from a user that the website trusts. IBM X-Force ID: 202167.

IBM Cognos Analytics 11.1.7, 11.2.0, and 11.1.7 is vulnerable to cross-site request forgery which could allow an attacker to execute malicious and unauthorized actions transmitted from a user that the website trusts. IBM X-Force ID: 209399.

IBM Cognos Analytics log injection

IBM Cognos Analytics 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: 176607.

IBM Cognos Analytics 11.0 and 11.1 could be vulnerable to a denial of service attack by failing to catch exceptions in a servlet also exposing debug information could also be used in future attacks. IBM X-Force ID: 179270.

IBM Cognos Analytics is affected by multiple security vulnerabilities

IBM Cognos Analytics 11.1.7, 11.2.0, and 11.2.1 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: 233571.

IBM Cognos Analytics file upload

IBM Cognos Analytics 11.0, and 11.1 is vulnerable to a denial of service attack that could allow a remote user to send specially crafted requests that would consume all available CPU and memory resources. IBM X-Force ID: 158973.

IBM Cognos Analytics 11.0 could store cached credentials locally that could be obtained by a local user. IBM X-Force ID: 136824.

IBM Cognos Analytics is affected by Cross-site scripting.

IBM Cognos Analytics 11.0 and 11.1 could allow a remote attacker to obtain credentials from a user's browser via incorrect autocomplete settings in New Content Backup page. IBM X-Force ID: 172130.

IBM Cognos Analytics 11.0 and 11.1 could allow a remote attacker to obtain credentials from a user's browser via incorrect autocomplete settings in New Data Server Connection page. IBM X-Force ID: 172129.

IBM Cognos Analytics 11.1.7, 11.2.0, and 11.2.1 is vulnerable to a denial of service via email flooding caused by sending a specially-crafted request. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the server to consume all available CPU resources. IBM X-Force ID: 227591.

IBM Cognos Analytics 11.1.7 and 11.2.0 does not require that users should have strong passwords by default, which makes it easier for attackers to compromise user accounts. IBM X-Force ID: 196339.

IBM Cognos Analytics data manipulation

IBM Cognos Analytics denial of service

IBM Cognos Analytics 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: 172533.

IBM Cognos Anaytics XML external entity injection

IBM Cognos Analytics HTTP open redirection

IBM Cognos Analytics 11.1.7, 11.2.0, and 11.1.7 could allow a remote attacker to obtain credentials from a user's browser via incorrect autocomplete settings. IBM X-Force ID: 209693.

IBM Cognos Analytics 11.0 and 11.1 allows overly permissive cross-origin resource sharing which could allow an attacker to transfer private information. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to access content that should be restricted. IBM X-Force ID: 161422.

IBM Cognos Analytics PowerPlay (IBM Cognos Analytics 11.1.7, 11.2.0, and 11.1.7) could be vulnerable to an XML Bomb attack by a malicious authenticated user. IBM X-Force ID: 196813.

IBM Cognos Analytics Mobile Server denial of service

IBM Cognos Analytics 11.0 and 11.1 could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by the failure to set the secure flag for a sensitive cookie in an HTTPS session. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information. IBM X-Force ID: 163780.

IBM Cognos Analytics 11.1.7, 11.2.0, and 11.2.1 could allow a low level user to obtain sensitive information from the details of the 'Cloud Storage' page for which they should not have access. IBM X-Force ID: 202682.

IBM Cognos Analytics 10.0 and 11.1 is susceptible to a weakness in the implementation of the System Appearance configuration setting. An attacker could potentially bypass business logic to modify the appearance and behavior of the application. IBM X-Force ID: 196770.

IBM Cognos Analytics 11.1.7 and 11.2.0 could allow a low level user to reas of the application that privileged user should only be allowed to view. IBM X-Force ID: 201087.

IBM Cognos Analytics path traversal