CVE-2019-4178 Path traversal in Cognos Analytics
Remote attackers can traverse directories to read or write arbitrary files in IBM Cognos Analytics via crafted URL requests.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2019-4178?
CVE-2019-4178 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Ibm Cognos Analytics, published on 15 Apr 2019. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
IBM Cognos Analytics 11 could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories on the system. An attacker could send a specially-crafted URL request to write or view arbitrary files on the system. IBM X-Force ID: 158919.
Weakness: CWE-22
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-4178?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ibm Cognos Analytics.
How do I fix CVE-2019-4178?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-4178 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2019-4178 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-4178 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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- CVE-2021-29679 Code injection in Cognos Analytics
- CVE-2024-25047 IBM Cognos Analytics log injection
- 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.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4h77-8rwv-vmxh.