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CVE-2016-0218

CVE information

Published

7 years ago

Last Modified

7 years ago

CVSSv2.0 Severity

Low

CVSSv3.1 Severity

Medium

Impact Analysis

Description

IBM Cognos Business Intelligence and IBM Cognos Analytics are vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using a specially-crafted URL to execute script in a victim's Web browser within the security context of the hosting Web site, once the URL is clicked. An attacker could use this vulnerability to steal the victim's cookie-based authentication credentials..

CVSSv2.0 Score

Severity
Low
Base Score
3.5/10
Exploit Score
6.8/10
Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication Required
Single
Impact Score
2.9/10
Confidentiality Impact
None
Availability Impact
None
Integrity Impact
Partial

CVSSv3.1 Score

Severity
Medium
Base Score
5.4/10
Exploit Score
2.3/10
Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
Impact Score
2.7/10
Confidentiality Impact
Low
Availability Impact
None
Integrity Impact
Low
Scope
Changed
User Interaction
Required

Products Affected

CPE Affected Vulnerable Excluding Edit
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_business_intelligence:10.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_business_intelligence:10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_business_intelligence:10.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_business_intelligence:10.2.1.1:*:*:*:*:
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_business_intelligence:10.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:
  Yes
- -