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IBM Cognos Analytics Multiple Vulnerabilities (7012621)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 178850

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Synopsis

The remote web application is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The version of IBM Cognos Analytics installed on the remote host is 11.1.x prior to 11.1.7 Fix Pack 7 or 11.2.x prior to 11.2.4 FP2. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities, including the following:

 - netplex json-smart-v2 is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by not limiting the nesting of arrays or objects. By sending a specially crafted input, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a stack exhaustion and crash the software. (CVE-2023-1370)

 - Express.js Express is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a prototype pollution flaw in qs. By adding or modifying properties of Object.prototype using a __proto__ or constructor payload, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition. (CVE-2022-24999)

 - IBM Cognos Analytics is vulnerable to stored cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of SVG Files in Custom Visualizations. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute scripts in a victim's Web browser within the security context of the hosting Web site. An attacker could use this vulnerability to steal the victim's cookie-based authentication credentials. (CVE-2023-28530)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to IBM Cognos Analytics 11.1.7 FP7, 11.2.4 FP2, or later.

See Also

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7012621

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 178850

File Name: ibm_cognos_7012621.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: remote

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 7/26/2023

Updated: 4/25/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-28530

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:ibm:cognos_analytics

Required KB Items: installed_sw/IBM Cognos Analytics

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/12/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/19/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-24999, CVE-2023-1370, CVE-2023-25929, CVE-2023-28530

IAVB: 2023-B-0055-S