CVE-2019-4589 Privilege escalation in Cognos Analytics
Less privileged users can access the My schedules and subscriptions page in IBM Cognos Analytics, leading to privilege escalation.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2019-4589?
CVE-2019-4589 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Cognos Analytics, published on 3 Aug 2020. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
IBM Cognos Analytics 11.0 and 11.1 is vulnerable to privlege escalation where the "My schedules and subscriptions" page is visible and accessible to a less privileged user. IBM X-Force ID: 167449.
Weakness: CWE-269
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-4589?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ibm Cognos Analytics.
How do I fix CVE-2019-4589?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-4589 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2019-4589 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-4589 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Ibm Cognos Analytics
- CVE-2020-4561 Missing authorization in Cognos Analytics
- CVE-2024-51466 IBM Cognos Analytics expression language injection
- 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-8m2x-cw74-m4cg.