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CVE-2016-0217 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:5.4 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21996417 CVEPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95681 CVEThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21996417 [email protected]PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95681 [email protected]Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
ibm cognos analytics
11.0.0
11.0.1
11.0.2
11.0.3
11.0.4

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_analytics:11.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_analytics:11.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_analytics:11.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_analytics:11.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_analytics:11.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-0217
NVD Published Date:
Feb 1, 2017
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]