CVEvulnerability

CVE-2016-0217

5.4 MEDIUM Published 2017-02-01 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2017-02-01
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
5.4 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
3.5 LOW — AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-79

Description

IBM Cognos Business Intelligence and IBM Cognos Analytics are vulnerable to stored cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to inject malicious script into a Web page which would be executed in a victim's Web browser within the security context of the hosting Web site, once the page is viewed. An attacker could use this vulnerability to steal the victim's cookie-based authentication credentials.

Affected configurations

• ibm cognos analytics 11.0.0 • ibm cognos analytics 11.0.1 • ibm cognos analytics 11.0.2 • ibm cognos analytics 11.0.3 • ibm cognos analytics 11.0.4

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation weakness

References