CVE-2024-56340

MEDIUMNVD 6.56.5—Trending — 3 sources updated this week

6.5

IBM Cognos Analytics 11.2.0 through 11.2.4 FP5 is vulnerable to local file inclusion vulnerability, allowing an attacker to access sensitive files by inserting path traversal payloads inside the deficon parameter.

CVSS v3: 6.5
EG Score: 6.5(medium)
EPSS: 94.0%
KEV: Not listed

Published

February 28, 2025

Last Modified

October 17, 2025

References (2)

psirt@ushttps://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7183676
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/MarioTesoro/vulnerability-research/tree/main/CVE-2024-56340

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

CWE-23Relative Path Traversal

Data Freshness Timeline

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What is CVE-2024-56340?

CVE-2024-56340 is a medium vulnerability published on February 28, 2025. IBM Cognos Analytics 11.2.0 through 11.2.4 FP5 is vulnerable to local file inclusion vulnerability, allowing an attacker to access sensitive files by inserting path traversal payloads inside the deficon parameter.

When was CVE-2024-56340 disclosed?

CVE-2024-56340 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on February 28, 2025, with the most recent update on October 17, 2025. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

Is CVE-2024-56340 actively exploited?

CVE-2024-56340 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 94.0% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

What is the CVSS score of CVE-2024-56340?

CVE-2024-56340 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.5 (NVD).

How do I remediate CVE-2024-56340?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2024-56340, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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