Cross-site scripting in IBM Cognos Analytics - CVE-2025-0917
Published: June 12, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU111097
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-0917
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: IBM Corporation
Affected software:
IBM Cognos Analytics
IBM Cognos Analytics
Detailed vulnerability description
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote privileged user to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data. The vulnerability allows a privileged user to embed arbitrary JavaScript code in the Web UI thus altering the intended functionality potentially leading to credentials disclosure within a trusted session.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.
How to mitigate CVE-2025-0917
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability..