CVE-2023-47160 (GCVE-0-2023-47160)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-02-19 16:20 – Updated: 2025-08-17 00:10
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Summary
IBM Cognos Controller 11.0.0 through 11.0.1 FP3 and IBM Controller 11.1.0 is vulnerable to an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) attack when processing XML data. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to expose sensitive information or consume memory resources.
Severity ?
8.2 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L
CWE
  • CWE-611 - Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference
Assigner
ibm
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
IBM Cognos Controller Affected: 11.0.0 , ≤ 11.0.1 (semver)
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:controller:11.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:controller:11.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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    IBM Controller Affected: 11.1.0
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:controller:11.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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