# CVE-2019-4174: Information disclosure in Cognos Controller

> Local users can read stored web pages from IBM Cognos Controller, leading to information disclosure.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.0 (`CVSS:3.0/A:N/I:N/UI:N/PR:N/AC:L/S:U/AV:L/C:L/RC:C/E:U/RL:O`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 17 Jun 2019
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-8c5v-3p64-pvc7

## What is CVE-2019-4174?

CVE-2019-4174 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Cognos Controller, published on 17 Jun 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

IBM Cognos Controller 10.2.0, 10.2.1, 10.3.0, 10.3.1, and 10.4.0 allows web pages to be stored locally which can be read by another user on the system. IBM X-Force ID: 158879.

Weakness: CWE-269 (Improper Privilege Management)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-4174?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Cognos Controller.

## How do I fix CVE-2019-4174?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-4174 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2019-4174 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-4174 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Ibm Cognos Controller

- [CVE-2024-28777](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-28777/): IBM Cognos Controller code execution (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2024-52902](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-52902/): IBM Cognos Controller information disclosure (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2023-47160](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-47160/): IBM Cognos Controller XML external entity injection (high 8.2)
- [CVE-2024-40702](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-40702/): IBM Cognos Controller improper certificate validation (high 8.2)
- [CVE-2024-45084](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-45084/): IBM Cognos Controller CSV injection (high 8.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2019-4174 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2019-4174 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Cognos Controller, published on 17 Jun 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-4174 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Ibm Cognos Controller. 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-2019-4174/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-4174/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-4174
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-4174
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-4174

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