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CVE-2024-40689 (GCVE-0-2024-40689)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-07-26 13:27 – Updated: 2024-08-02 04:33
VLAI
Title
IBM InfoSphere Information Server SQL injection
Summary
IBM InfoSphere Information Server 11.7 is vulnerable to SQL injection. A remote attacker could send specially crafted SQL statements, which could allow the attacker to view, add, modify, or delete information in the back-end database. IBM X-Force ID: 297719.
Severity
6 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-07-30 19:53 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-89 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
IBM InfoSphere Information Server Affected: 11.7
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:infosphere_information_server:11.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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