# CVE-2016-0346: Cross-site scripting in n/a

> Remote authenticated users can inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted URL in IBM Cognos Business Intelligence.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.4 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **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 available:** No
- **Published:** 3 Jul 2016
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-vvfq-w86c-mvj9

## What is CVE-2016-0346?

CVE-2016-0346 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in n/a, published on 3 Jul 2016. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in IBM Cognos Business Intelligence 10.2 before IF20, 10.2.1 before IF17, 10.2.1.1 before IF16, 10.2.2 before IF12, and 10.1.1 before IF19 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted URL.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-0346?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Cognos Business Intelligence.

## How do I fix CVE-2016-0346?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-0346 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2016-0346 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-0346 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2012-4858](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-4858/): Deserialization in n/a (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2016-8960](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-8960/): Privilege escalation in Cognos Business Intelligence (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2016-3036](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-3036/): Memory corruption in Cognos TM1 (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2017-1764](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-1764/): Information disclosure in Cognos Business Intelligence (high 7.0)
- [CVE-2016-0254](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-0254/): XML external entity in Cognos Business Intelligence (medium 6.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2016-0346 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2016-0346 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in n/a, published on 3 Jul 2016. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-0346 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-0346/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-0346/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-0346
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-0346
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-0346

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