# CVE-2024-25034: IBM Planning Analytics file upload

> Attackers can upload malicious executable files via the File Manager T1 process, potentially leading to code execution on the server.

- **Severity:** High 8.0 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **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 available:** No
- **Published:** 24 Jan 2025
- **Updated:** 12 Feb 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-8crw-9p7v-xfx8

## What is CVE-2024-25034?

CVE-2024-25034 is a high-severity vulnerability in IBM Planning Analytics Local, published on 24 Jan 2025. 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 Planning Analytics 2.0 and 2.1 could be vulnerable to malicious file upload by not validating the type of file in the File Manager T1 process. Attackers can make use of this weakness and upload malicious executable files into the system that can be sent to victims for performing further attacks.

Weakness: CWE-434 (Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-25034?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Planning Analytics.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-25034?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-25034 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-25034 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-25034 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in IBM Planning Analytics Local

- [CVE-2019-4716](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-4716/): IBM Planning Analytics Remote Code Execution (critical 10.0, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2026-19620](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-19620/): IBM Planning Analytics Local is affected by security vulnerabilities (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2026-19622](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-19622/): IBM Planning Analytics Local is affected by security vulnerabilities (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2026-19627](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-19627/): IBM Planning Analytics Local is affected by security vulnerabilities (high 8.2)
- [CVE-2024-40693](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-40693/): IBM Planning Analytics file upload (high 8.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-25034 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-25034 is a high-severity vulnerability in IBM Planning Analytics Local, published on 24 Jan 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-25034 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: IBM Planning Analytics Local. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-25034/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-25034/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-25034
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-25034
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-25034

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-25034/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.