Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) in IBM Cognos Analytics - CVE-2022-38708
Published: June 27, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU77741
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 9.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-38708
CWE-ID: CWE-918
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform SSRF attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request and trick the application to initiate requests to arbitrary systems.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker gain access to sensitive data, located in the local network or send malicious requests to other servers from the vulnerable system.
Affected software
IBM Cognos Analytics
How to mitigate CVE-2022-38708
Install updates from vendor's website.
IBM Cognos Analytics - addressed in versions 11.1.7.6, 11.2.4