What is CVE-2024-25020?

CVE-2024-25020 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Cognos Controller, classified under Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2024-12-03.

How severe is CVE-2024-25020?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Arbitrary file upload in IBM Cognos Controller

CVE-2024-25020

IBM Cognos Controller 11.0.0 and 11.0.1 is vulnerable to malicious file upload by allowing unrestricted filetype attachments in the Journal entry page. Attackers can make use of this weakness and upload malicious executable files into the system and can be sent to victims for performing further attacks.

Vulnerability class: Unrestricted File Upload

EPSS: 0.003 (19.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.

Affected products

Ibm Cognos Controller — versions 11.0.0, 11.0.1
Ibm Cognos_controller — versions 11.0.0, 11.0.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-434 — Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

References

psirt@us.ibm.com (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-25020?: CVE-2024-25020 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Cognos Controller, classified under Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2024-12-03.
How severe is CVE-2024-25020?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.