IBM Cognos Analytics up to 11.2.4 FP5/12.0.4 URL path traversal

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in IBM Cognos Analytics up to 11.2.4 FP5/12.0.4. This affects an unknown function of the component URL Handler. This manipulation causes path traversal. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2025-0823. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in IBM Cognos Analytics up to 11.2.4 FP5/12.0.4. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality of the component URL Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-25. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that should be within a restricted directory, but it does not properly neutralize "/../" sequences that can resolve to a location that is outside of that directory. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

IBM Cognos Analytics 11.2.0 through 11.2.4 FP5 and 12.0.0 through 12.0.4 could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories on the system. An attacker could send a specially crafted URL request containing "dot dot" sequences (/../) to view arbitrary files on the system.

It is possible to read the advisory at ibm.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-0823 since 01/29/2025. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1006 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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Class: Path traversal
CWE: CWE-25 / CWE-23 / CWE-22
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Remote: Yes

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01/29/2025 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: ibm.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-0823 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-0823
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-297943

Entryinfo

Created: 02/28/2025 06:55
Updated: 07/02/2025 18:18
Changes: 02/28/2025 06:55 (65), 07/02/2025 18:18 (1)
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