5.4

CVE-2016-0217: ibm corporation cognos business intelligence Cross-site Scripting

CVSS: 5.4v3.0MediumModified
Published 01-02-2017Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-0217 is a medium (CVSS 5.4) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in ibm corporation cognos business intelligence. EPSS estimates a 0.70% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 52.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
22/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.4/10
010
Medium · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.70%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 01-02-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 1 source · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.70%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

53%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.70% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.70%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Ibm1 product
Ibm corporation1 product

2 vendors · 2 products

References

2 links