Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an Expression Language Statement in IBM Cognos Analytics - CVE-2024-51466

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Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an Expression Language Statement in IBM Cognos Analytics - CVE-2024-51466

Published: May 1, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU108095
CSH Severity: Critical
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Red
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-51466
CWE-ID: CWE-917
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: IBM Corporation
Affected software:
IBM Cognos Analytics

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to Expression Language (EL) Injection. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to expose sensitive information, consume memory resources, and/or cause the server to crash when using a specially crafted EL statement.


How to mitigate CVE-2024-51466

Install updates from vendor's website.

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