CVE-2021-29756 Cross-site request forgery in Cognos Analytics

Medium 4.3 Published Updated

Attackers can trick authenticated users into performing unauthorized actions in IBM Cognos Analytics via CSRF on the My Inbox page.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2021-29756?

CVE-2021-29756 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Cognos Analytics, published on 3 Dec 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

IBM Cognos Analytics 11.1.7 and 11.2.0 is vulnerable to cross-site request forgery (CSRF) in the My Inbox page which could allow an attacker to execute malicious and unauthorized actions transmitted from a user that the website trusts. IBM X-Force ID: 202167.

Weakness: CWE-352

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-29756?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Ibm Cognos Analytics, Netapp Oncommand Insight.

How do I fix CVE-2021-29756?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-29756 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2021-29756 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-29756 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Ibm Cognos Analytics vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-7rm9-8r56-3fwr.

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