What is CVE-2018-1721?

CVE-2018-1721 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ibm Cognos Analytics, classified under XML Injection (Blind XPath Injection). CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2019-11-09.

How severe is CVE-2018-1721?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

XPath Injection in Ibm Cognos Analytics

CVE-2018-1721

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 H…

EPSS: 0.018 (76.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Ibm Cognos Analytics — versions 11.0, 11.1
Ibm Cognos_analytics — versions 11.0.0, 11.1.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-91 — XML Injection (Blind XPath Injection)

References

psirt@us.ibm.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
psirt@us.ibm.com (VDB Entry, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory, x_refsource_XF)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-1721?: CVE-2018-1721 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ibm Cognos Analytics, classified under XML Injection (Blind XPath Injection). CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2019-11-09.
How severe is CVE-2018-1721?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.