TI-2016-00190 Aliases CVE-2016-0217 GHSA-85gj-4ph5-254g

Cross-site scripting in IBM Cognos Business Intelligence

LOW 26CWE-79Published 2017-02-01 · Updated 2024-08-05

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: Low
User interaction: Required
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: Low · Low · None
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.

Summary

IBM Cognos Business Intelligence and IBM Cognos Analytics are vulnerable to stored cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to inject malicious script into a Web page which would be executed in a victim's Web browser within the security context of the hosting Web site, once the page is viewed. An attacker could use this vulnerability to steal the victim's cookie-based authentication credentials.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00705 53rd percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
IBM	Cognos Business Intelligence	10; 8.3.0; 8.4.1; 8.4; 10.1; 10.1.1; 10.2; 10.2.1; 10.2.1.1; 10.2.2; 2	—	No fix listed	CNA

Cognos Business Intelligence VendorIBM Affected 10; 8.3.0; 8.4.1; 8.4; 10.1; 10.1.1; 10.2; 10.2.1; 10.2.1.1; 10.2.2; 2 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 5

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_analytics:11.0.0:::::::*	11.0.0	Vulnerable	IBM
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_analytics:11.0.1:::::::*	11.0.1	Vulnerable	IBM
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_analytics:11.0.2:::::::*	11.0.2	Vulnerable	IBM
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_analytics:11.0.3:::::::*	11.0.3	Vulnerable	IBM
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_analytics:11.0.4:::::::*	11.0.4	Vulnerable	IBM

cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_analytics:11.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 11.0.0 Vulnerable ·IBM
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_analytics:11.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 11.0.1 Vulnerable ·IBM
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_analytics:11.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 11.0.2 Vulnerable ·IBM
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_analytics:11.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 11.0.3 Vulnerable ·IBM
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_analytics:11.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 11.0.4 Vulnerable ·IBM

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2016-0217
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-85gj-4ph5-254g

References

Patch 1

http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21996417

TI-2020-03885 IBM Cognos Analytics 11.0 and 11.1 DQM API allows submitting of all control requests in… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
TI-2022-18240 IBM Cognos Analytics server-side request forgery CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
TI-2021-16384 Unrestricted file upload in IBM Cognos Analytics CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2019-03124 Path traversal in IBM Cognos Analytics CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.1
TI-2024-16521 IBM Cognos Analytics log injection CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.6
TI-2020-03850 Cross-site scripting in IBM Cognos Analytics CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8

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Sources

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