CVE-2016-0217 Cross-site scripting in Cognos Business Intelligence

Medium 5.4 Published 1 Feb 2017 Updated 5 Aug 2024

Remote attackers can inject malicious scripts into IBM Cognos pages to steal user authentication credentials via stored cross-site scripting.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: A user has to click or open something
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2016-0217?

CVE-2016-0217 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Ibm Cognos Analytics, published on 1 Feb 2017. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-0217?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ibm Cognos Analytics.

How do I fix CVE-2016-0217?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-0217 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.

Is CVE-2016-0217 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-0217 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-85gj-4ph5-254g.