CVE-2021-29719 Cross-site scripting in Cognos Analytics
Attackers can execute client-side scripts due to incorrect content type headers, potentially compromising user sessions in IBM Cognos Analytics.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2021-29719?
CVE-2021-29719 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Ibm Cognos Analytics, published on 3 Dec 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
IBM Cognos Analytics 11.1.7 and 11.2.0 could be vulnerable to client side vulnerabilties due to a web response specifying an incorrect content type. IBM X-Force ID: 201091
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-29719?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Ibm Cognos Analytics, Netapp Oncommand Insight.
How do I fix CVE-2021-29719?
No fix has been published for CVE-2021-29719 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-2021-29719 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-29719 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Ibm Cognos Analytics
- CVE-2020-4561 Missing authorization in Cognos Analytics
- CVE-2024-51466 IBM Cognos Analytics expression language injection
- CVE-2021-29679 Code injection in Cognos Analytics
- CVE-2024-25047 IBM Cognos Analytics log injection
- CVE-2018-1721 IBM Cognos Analytics 11.0 and 11.1 is vulnerable to a XML External Entity Injection (XXE) attack when processing XML data.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-v792-6mc6-g855.