CVE-2018-1721

HighCVSS 8.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

IBM Cognos Analytics 11.0 and 11.1 is vulnerable to a XML External Entity Injection (XXE) attack when processing XML data. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to expose sensitive information or cause the web server to make HTTP requests to arbitrary domains. IBM X-Force ID: 147369.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 8.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-91

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
IBM	Cognos Analytics	11.0; 11.1

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/147369VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/1074144Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/147369VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/1074144Patch, Vendor Advisory

Timeline

Published: Nov 9, 2019
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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