# 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.

- **Severity:** High 8.2 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L`)
- **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:** 15 Sep 2020
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-vx8r-4fwr-hc2v

## 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 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-9416?

It affects 4 products.


Products: 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.

## 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](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-3181/): SQL injection in Spotfire Analyst (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2018-5435](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-5435/): TIBCO Spotfire Product Family Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (critical 9.6)
- [CVE-2025-3115](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-3115/): Spotfire Data Function Vulnerability (critical 9.4)
- [CVE-2022-41558](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-41558/): TIBCO Spotfire Stored Cross Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability (critical 9.0)
- [CVE-2019-17334](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-17334/): TIBCO Spotfire Analyst and Desktop Remote Code Execution Via Shared Files (high 7.6)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2020-9416 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-9416 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: TIBCO Spotfire Analyst. 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-2020-9416/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-9416/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-9416
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-9416
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-9416

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