CVE-2024-52900 IBM Cognos Analytics cross-site scripting
Authenticated users can inject JavaScript into the web interface, potentially stealing credentials from other users within trusted sessions.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-52900?
CVE-2024-52900 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Ibm Cognos Analytics, published on 28 Jun 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
IBM Cognos Analytics 11.2.0 through 12.2.4 Fix Pack 5 and 12.0.0 through 12.0.4 is vulnerable to stored cross-site scripting. This vulnerability allows authenticated users to embed arbitrary JavaScript code in the Web UI thus altering the intended functionality potentially leading to credentials disclosure within a trusted session.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-52900?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ibm Cognos Analytics.
How do I fix CVE-2024-52900?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-52900 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-2024-52900 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-52900 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-q5g2-cvmv-mgqh.