CVE-2025-0917 IBM Cognos Analytics cross-site scripting
A privileged user can inject JavaScript into the web interface, potentially stealing credentials from other users within trusted sessions.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-0917?
CVE-2025-0917 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Ibm Cognos Analytics, published on 11 Jun 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
IBM Cognos Analytics 11.2.0, 11.2.1, 11.2.2, 11.2.3, 11.2.4, 12.0.0, 12.0.1, 12.0.2, 12.0.3, and 12.0.4 is vulnerable to stored cross-site scripting. This vulnerability allows a privileged user 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-2025-0917?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ibm Cognos Analytics.
How do I fix CVE-2025-0917?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-0917 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-2025-0917 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-0917 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-q35w-g473-6c73.