What is CVE-2016-0217?

CVE-2016-0217 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Cognos_analytics, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2017-02-01.

How severe is CVE-2016-0217?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

XSS in Ibm Cognos_analytics

CVE-2016-0217

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 in…

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.002 (36.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Ibm Cognos_analytics — versions 11.0.0, 11.0.1, 11.0.2
Ibm Corporation Cognos Business Intelligence — versions 10.2.2, 10.2, 10.2.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

psirt@us.ibm.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
psirt@us.ibm.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-0217?: CVE-2016-0217 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Cognos_analytics, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2017-02-01.
How severe is CVE-2016-0217?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.