# CVE-2014-0854: XML external entity in n/a

> Remote authenticated users can read arbitrary files via XML External Entity injection in IBM Cognos Business Intelligence server.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 22 Feb 2014
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-84f5-pfh3-xh7j

## What is CVE-2014-0854?

CVE-2014-0854 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 22 Feb 2014. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The server in IBM Cognos Business Intelligence (BI) 8.4.1, 10.1 before IF6, 10.1.1 before IF5, 10.2 before IF7, 10.2.1 before IF4, and 10.2.1.1 before IF4 allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via an XML document containing an external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue.

Weakness: CWE-264

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-0854?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Cognos Business Intelligence.

## How do I fix CVE-2014-0854?

No fix has been published for CVE-2014-0854 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2014-0854 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-0854 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2012-4858](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-4858/): Deserialization in n/a (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2016-8960](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-8960/): Privilege escalation in Cognos Business Intelligence (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2016-3036](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-3036/): Memory corruption in Cognos TM1 (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2017-1764](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-1764/): Information disclosure in Cognos Business Intelligence (high 7.0)
- [CVE-2016-0254](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-0254/): XML external entity in Cognos Business Intelligence (medium 6.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2014-0854 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2014-0854 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 22 Feb 2014. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-0854 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-0854/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-0854/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-0854
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-0854
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2014-0854

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