CVE-2016-0218

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 cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using a specially-crafted URL to execute script in a victim's Web browser within the security context of the hosting Web site, once the URL is clicked. An attacker could use this vulnerability to steal the victim's cookie-based authentication credentials.

Affected products

IBM Cognos Business Intelligence: 10.1.1, 10.2, 10.2.1, 10.2.1.1, 10.2.2

References

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21996417
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95456
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21995691
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21996417
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95456

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