CVE-2021-20450

IBM Cognos Controller information disclosure

State: Published
Severity: 4.3 Medium
Published: May 3, 2024
Updated: Dec 5, 2024
Reserved: Dec 17, 2020

Description

IBM Cognos Controller 10.4.1, 10.4.2, and 11.0.0 does not set the secure attribute on authorization tokens or session cookies. Attackers may be able to get the cookie values by sending a http:// link to a user or by planting this link in a site the user goes to. The cookie will be sent to the insecure link and the attacker can then obtain the cookie value by snooping the traffic. IBM X-Force ID: 196640.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	4.3 Medium	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N	ibm

Weaknesses

CWE-565 Reliance on Cookies without Validation and Integrity Checking

Affected Products

Product	Versions
Cognos ControllerIBM	10.4.1, 10.4.2, 11.0.0Affected

References

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7149876vendor-advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/196640vdb-entry

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