CVE-2016-0217

Medium

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.4
Exploit probability—
ProductIbm Cognos Analytics
PublishedFeb 1, 2017
First seenFeb 1, 2017

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
ibm cognos_analytics11.0.0, 11.0.1, 11.0.2, 11.0.3, 11.0.4—

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