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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Title
IBM Cognos Controller XML external entity injection
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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