What is CVE-2016-0398?

CVE-2016-0398 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Cognos Analytics, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2016-07-02.

How severe is CVE-2016-0398?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.

Improper input validation in IBM Cognos Analytics

CVE-2016-0398

IBM Cognos Analytics (CA) 11.0 before 11.0.2 allows remote attackers to conduct content-spoofing attacks via a crafted URL.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

Published 2016-07-02 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.012 (65.9th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 66th percentile — 65.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.012 · newest: 0.012 · change: 0.000

Affected products

IBM Cognos Analytics — versions 11.0.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

References

www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss (Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-0398?: CVE-2016-0398 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Cognos Analytics, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2016-07-02.
How severe is CVE-2016-0398?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.