CVE-2024-49355Network attack vector

Log integrity compromise via unneutralized tracing data

Published Feb 20, 2025 · Updated Aug 15, 2025

Log injection in IBM OpenPages with Watson 8.3 and 9.0 allows remote authenticated users to alter server logs through System Tracing. When System Tracing is enabled, the application writes attacker-controlled data to server log files without properly neutralizing it for the log context. A low-privileged account and the optional tracing configuration are required, and the resulting entries compromise log integrity without affecting confidentiality or availability.

CVSS severity5.3
Medium
EPSS probability0.28%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Log injection in IBM OpenPages with Watson 8.3 and 9.0 allows remote authenticated users to alter server logs through System Tracing. When System Tracing is enabled, the application writes attacker-controlled data to server log files without properly neutralizing it for the log context. A low-privileged account and the optional tracing configuration are required, and the resulting entries compromise log integrity without affecting confidentiality or availability.

The record

CVE
CVE-2024-49355
Published
Feb 20, 2025
Updated
Aug 15, 2025
Vendor
IBM
Product
OpenPages
Classifications
CWE-116, CWE-117, T1565.001
Attack vector
network
Privileges
authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Feb 20, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Aug 15, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=8.3
  2. Affected versionversion=9.0

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectornetwork
Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

IBM · OpenPagesversion=8.3; version=9.0

Published CVSS scores

6.5NIST National Vulnerability DatabaseCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
5.3IBM X-ForceCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

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Attacks

What attackers are doing with it

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectornetwork
Privilegesauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-116Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output
CWE-117Improper Output Neutralization for Logs
T1565.001Stored Data Manipulation

Public exploit references

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