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

CVE-2016-0218

CVE-2016-0218

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.

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Affected products

8
  • IBM/Cognos Business Intelligence6 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_business_intelligence:10.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 5 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_business_intelligence:10.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_business_intelligence:10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_business_intelligence:10.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_business_intelligence:10.2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_business_intelligence:10.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)
  • IBM/Cognos Analyticsllm-fuzzy
  • IBM Corporation/Cognos Business Intelligencev5
    Range: 10

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