CVE-2021-38945 File upload in Cognos Analytics
Remote attackers can upload arbitrary files due to improper content validation, potentially leading to code execution.
- 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-2021-38945?
CVE-2021-38945 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Cognos Analytics, published on 24 Jun 2022. 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 11.2.1, 11.2.0, and 11.1.7 could allow a remote attacker to upload arbitrary files, caused by improper content validation. IBM X-Force ID: 211238.
Weakness: CWE-434
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-38945?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Ibm Cognos Analytics, Netapp Oncommand Insight.
How do I fix CVE-2021-38945?
No fix has been published for CVE-2021-38945 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2021-38945 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-38945 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-77r3-r6pq-j636.