IBM Cognos Controller stores sensitive information in URL parameters.

published 2019-11-09 7y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2019-14019

cvss: 3.7; version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.0%; EPSS 1.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 62%
public exploits: 0; none known

IBM Cognos Controller stores sensitive information in URL parameters. This may lead to information disclosure if unauthorized parties have access to the URLs via server logs, referrer header or browser history. IBM X-Force ID: 162659.

Patch / fix

links 1

ibm.com/support/pages/node/1086123 advisory

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Exploit prediction

0.98% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 62% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.0	3.7	CVSS:3.0/AC:H/AV:N/S:U/C:L/A:N/UI:N/PR:N/I:N/RC:C/RL:O/E:U
NVD	3.1	5.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CNA	3.0	3.7	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD	2.0	5.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

IBM Cognos Controller

Classification

Weakness

CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

References

ibm.com /support/pages/node/1086123
patch, vendor-advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/162659
vdb-entry, vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2019-4412
NVD CVE-2019-4412

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