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Medium severity5.4NVD Advisory· Published Feb 1, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2016-0217

CVE-2016-0217

Description

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.

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Affected products

8
  • IBM/Cognos Analytics6 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_analytics:11.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 5 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_analytics:11.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_analytics:11.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_analytics:11.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_analytics:11.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_analytics:11.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)
  • IBM/Cognos Business Intelligencellm-fuzzy
  • IBM Corporation/Cognos Business Intelligencev5
    Range: 10

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