CVE-2020-9416 TIBCO Spotfire Stored Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability
A stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in TIBCO Spotfire allows attackers to inject scripts that execute with victim privileges, potentially leading to account takeover.
- 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-2020-9416?
CVE-2020-9416 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in TIBCO Spotfire Analyst, published on 15 Sep 2020. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The Spotfire client component of TIBCO Software Inc.'s TIBCO Spotfire Analyst, TIBCO Spotfire Analytics Platform for AWS Marketplace, TIBCO Spotfire Desktop, and TIBCO Spotfire Server contains a vulnerability that theoretically allows a legitimate user to inject scripts. If executed by a victim authenticated to the affected system these scripts will be executed at the privileges of the victim. Affected releases are TIBCO Software Inc.'s TIBCO Spotfire Analyst: versions 10.7.0, 10.8.0, 10.9.0, and 10.10.0, TIBCO Spotfire Analytics Platform for AWS Marketplace: versions 10.7.0, 10.8.0, 10.8.1, 10.9.0, 10.10.0, and 10.10.1, TIBCO Spotfire Desktop: versions 10.7.0, 10.8.0, 10.9.0, and 10.10.0, and TIBCO Spotfire Server: versions 10.7.0, 10.8.0, 10.8.1, 10.9.0, 10.10.0, and 10.10.1.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-9416?
It affects 4 products.
Products include Tibco Spotfire Analyst, Tibco Spotfire Analytics Platform, Tibco Spotfire Desktop, Tibco Spotfire Server.
How do I fix CVE-2020-9416?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-9416 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-2020-9416 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-9416 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in TIBCO Spotfire Analyst
- CVE-2017-3181 SQL injection in Spotfire Analyst
- CVE-2018-5435 TIBCO Spotfire Product Family Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- CVE-2025-3115 Spotfire Data Function Vulnerability
- CVE-2022-41558 TIBCO Spotfire Stored Cross Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability
- CVE-2019-17334 TIBCO Spotfire Analyst and Desktop Remote Code Execution Via Shared Files
Sources
Also known as GHSA-vx8r-4fwr-hc2v.