CVE-2024-51466 (GCVE-0-2024-51466)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-12-20 13:38 – Updated: 2024-12-20 15:43
VLAI
Title
IBM Cognos Analytics expression language injection
Summary
IBM Cognos Analytics 11.2.0 through 11.2.4 FP4 and 12.0.0 through 12.0.4 is vulnerable to an Expression Language (EL) Injection vulnerability. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to expose sensitive information, consume memory resources, and/or cause the server to crash when using a specially crafted EL statement.
Severity
9 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-917 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an Expression Language Statement ('Expression Language Injection')
Assigner
ibm
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
IBM Cognos Analytics Affected: 11.2.0 , ≤ 11.2.4 (semver)
Affected: 12.0.0 , ≤ 12.0.4 (semver)
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