PT-2017-7595 · Ibm · Ibm Cognos Business Intelligence+1

Lukasz Juszczyk · Published 2017-02-01 · Updated 2019-09-30 · CVE-2016-0217

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.4

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions IBM Cognos Business Intelligence and IBM Cognos Analytics (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to stored cross-site scripting due to improper validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker could 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. This could allow an attacker to steal the victim's cookie-based authentication credentials.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-0217

Affected Products

Ibm Cognos Analytics

Ibm Cognos Business Intelligence

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-0217 · Security Note
• http://ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21996417 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-0217 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/95681 · Note