CVE-2023-38724

IBM Cognos Controller SQL injection

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Published May 3, 2024 CVSS 3.1 · 6.3 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

IBM Cognos Controller 10.4.1, 10.4.2, and 11.0.0 is vulnerable to SQL injection. A remote attacker could send specially crafted SQL statements, which could allow the attacker to view, add, modify or delete information in the back-end database. IBM X-Force ID: 262183.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

IBM

Cognos Controller

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`10.4.1, 10.4.2, 11.0.0`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_controller:10.4.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_controller:10.4.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_controller:11.0.0:::::::*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-42499	IBM Cognos Controller 10.4.1, 10.4.2, and 11.0.0 is vulnerable to SQL injection. A remote attacker could send specially crafted SQL statements, which could allow the attacker to view, add, modify or delete information in the back-end database. IBM X-Force ID: 262183.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.465% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/262183
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7149876

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Ibm Cognos Controller

Weaknesses

CWE-89

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 5:46 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: ibm
Published: May 3, 2024, 5:36 PM
Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 5:46 PM
Reserved: Jul 25, 2023, 12:01 AM

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Vulnrichment Updated: May 15, 2024, 4:09 PM

Updated: May 15, 2024, 4:09 PM

NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 6:11 AM

Status: Analyzed
Published: May 3, 2024, 6:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 6:11 AM

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