CVE-2020-4302 Code injection in Cognos Analytics
Remote attackers can execute arbitrary code by tricking users into opening malicious CSV files in IBM Cognos Analytics.
- 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-2020-4302?
CVE-2020-4302 is a medium-severity code injection vulnerability in Ibm Cognos Analytics, published on 12 Oct 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 could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by a CSV injection. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted excel file, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system. IBM X-Force ID: 176610.
Weakness: CWE-1236
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-4302?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ibm Cognos Analytics.
How do I fix CVE-2020-4302?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-4302 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and never evaluate templates, expressions or code built from user input. More about Code injection.
Is CVE-2020-4302 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-4302 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-ph7h-74xq-935c.