PT-2018-5725 · Ibm · Ibm Cognos Business Intelligence

Published 2018-04-23 · Updated 2018-05-18 · CVE-2017-1486

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.1

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: IBM Cognos Business Intelligence versions 10.2 through 10.2.2

Description: The issue allows users to embed arbitrary JavaScript code in the Web UI, altering the intended functionality and potentially leading to credentials disclosure within a trusted session.

Recommendations: For IBM Cognos Business Intelligence versions 10.2 through 10.2.2, consider disabling JavaScript execution in the Web UI as a temporary workaround until a patch is available. Restrict access to sensitive areas of the application to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-1486

Affected Products

Ibm Cognos Business Intelligence

References · 4

• http://ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22014202 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-1486 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-1486 · Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/128624 · Vendor Advisory