CVE-2020-4561 Missing authorization in Cognos Analytics
Remote attackers can read and write files on IBM Cognos Analytics systems via unauthenticated DQM API requests.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-4561?
CVE-2020-4561 is a critical missing authorization vulnerability in Ibm Cognos Analytics, published on 31 May 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
IBM Cognos Analytics 11.0 and 11.1 DQM API allows submitting of all control requests in unauthenticated sessions. This allows a remote attacker who can access a valid CA endpoint to read and write files to the Cognos Analytics system. IBM X-Force ID: 183903.
Weakness: CWE-829
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-4561?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Ibm Cognos Analytics, Netapp Oncommand Insight.
How do I fix CVE-2020-4561?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-4561 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2020-4561 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-4561 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Ibm 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.
- CVE-2020-4300 XML external entity in Cognos Analytics
Sources
Also known as GHSA-fxr3-fx97-4wpc.