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.
Published: 2017-02-01
Score: 5.4 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-0253 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.
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Ibm Cognos Business Intelligence
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: ibm

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T22:08:13.428Z

Reserved: 2015-12-08T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-0218

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-02-01T22:59:00.197

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2016-0218

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