CVE-2016-0217

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-02-01 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: 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 products

IBM Cognos Analytics: 11.0.0, 11.0.1, 11.0.2, 11.0.3, 11.0.4

References

http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21996417
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95681
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21996417
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95681

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