What is CVE-2018-1721?

CVE-2018-1721 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ibm Cognos Analytics. CVSS score: 8.3/10. Published 2019-11-09.

How severe is CVE-2018-1721?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability 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: 0.005 (64.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.3 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/S:U/AV:N/AC:L/C:H/A:L/I:H/UI:N/PR:L/RC:C/E:U/RL:O.

Affected products

Ibm Cognos Analytics — versions 11.0, 11.1

References

www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/1074144 (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
ibm-cognos-cve20181721-xxe (147369) (vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-1721?: CVE-2018-1721 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ibm Cognos Analytics. CVSS score: 8.3/10. Published 2019-11-09.
How severe is CVE-2018-1721?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.3 out of 10.