CVE-2024-25020
IBM Cognos Controller file upload
IBM Cognos Controller 11.0.0 and 11.0.1
is vulnerable to malicious file upload by allowing unrestricted filetype attachments in the Journal entry page. Attackers can make use of this weakness and upload malicious executable files into the system and can be sent to victims for performing further attacks.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
IBM Cognos Controller file upload
IBM Cognos Controller 11.0.0 and 11.0.1
is vulnerable to malicious file upload by allowing unrestricted filetype attachments in the Journal entry page. Attackers can make use of this weakness and upload malicious executable files into the system and can be sent to victims for performing further attacks.
- Record
CVE-2024-25020- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-434
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-22382
IBM Cognos Controller 11.0.0 and 11.0.1
is vulnerable to malicious file upload by allowing unrestricted filetype attachments in the Journal entry page. Attackers can make use of this weakness and upload malicious executable files into the system and can be sent to victims for performing further attacks.
- Record
EUVD-2024-22382- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-f7fg-rvhw-9328
IBM Cognos Controller 11.0.0 and 11.0.1 is vulnerable to malicious file upload by...
IBM Cognos Controller 11.0.0 and 11.0.1
is vulnerable to malicious file upload by allowing unrestricted filetype attachments in the Journal entry page. Attackers can make use of this weakness and upload malicious executable files into the system and can be sent to victims for performing further attacks.
- Record
GHSA-f7fg-rvhw-9328- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-434
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
IBM Cognos Controller 11.0.0 and 11.0.1
is vulnerable to malicious file upload by allowing unrestricted filetype attachments in the Journal entry page. Attackers can make use of this weakness and upload malicious executable files into the system and can be sent to victims for performing further attacks.
- Record
CVE-2024-25020- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-434
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2024-25020 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Ibm Cognos Controller, published December 3, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.28%, the 20th percentile. No source names a fixed version.