CVE-2024-56340

IBM Cognos Analytics 11.2.0 through 11.2.4 FP5 is vulnerable to local file inclusion vulnerability, allowing an attacker to access sensitive files by inserting path traversal payloads inside the deficon parameter.

CVSS v3 6.5 MEDIUM

6.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7183676	Patch Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/MarioTesoro/vulnerability-research/tree/main/CVE-2024-56340

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_analytics::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_analytics::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_analytics:11.2.4:-::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_analytics:11.2.4:fixpack1::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_analytics:11.2.4:fixpack2::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_analytics:11.2.4:fixpack3::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_analytics:11.2.4:fixpack4::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_analytics:11.2.4:fixpack5::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_analytics:12.0.4:-::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_analytics:12.0.4:interim_fix_1::::::

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2025-02-28 03:15

Updated : 2025-10-17 16:15

NVD link : CVE-2024-56340

Mitre link : CVE-2024-56340

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2024-56340

JSON object : View

Products Affected

ibm

cognos_analytics

CWE

CWE-23

Relative Path Traversal

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