VDB-88495 · CVE-2016-0221 · BID 91542

IBM Cognos Business Intelligence cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in IBM Cognos Business Intelligence up to 10.2 IF19/10.2.1 IF16/10.2.1.1 IF15/10.2.2 IF11/10.1.1 IF18. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. This manipulation causes cross site scripting. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2016-0221. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in IBM Cognos Business Intelligence up to 10.2 IF19/10.2.1 IF16/10.2.1.1 IF15/10.2.2 IF11/10.1.1 IF18 (Business Process Management Software). It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, and integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in IBM Cognos TM1, as used in IBM Cognos Business Intelligence 10.2 before IF20, 10.2.1 before IF17, 10.2.1.1 before IF16, 10.2.2 before IF12, and 10.1.1 before IF19, allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted URL.

The weakness was published 07/03/2016 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at www-01.ibm.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2016-0221 since 12/08/2015. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The successful exploitation needs a single authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Applying the patch 10.2 IF20/10.2.1 IF17/10.2.1.1 IF16/10.2.2 IF12/10.1.1 IF19 is able to eliminate this problem.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 91542†). Similar entry is available at VDB-88496. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Recommended: Patch
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Patch: 10.2 IF20/10.2.1 IF17/10.2.1.1 IF16/10.2.2 IF12/10.1.1 IF19

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12/08/2015 🔍
06/30/2016 +205 days 🔍
07/03/2016 +3 days 🔍
07/03/2016 +0 days 🔍
07/04/2016 +1 days 🔍
08/26/2022 +2244 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: www-01.ibm.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2016-0221 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-0221
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-88495
SecurityFocus: 91542 - IBM Cognos Business Intelligence Server CVE-2016-0221 Unspecified Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1036221

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Entryinfo

Created: 07/04/2016 09:58
Updated: 08/26/2022 09:18
Changes: 07/04/2016 09:58 (52), 02/15/2019 13:09 (12), 08/26/2022 09:18 (3)
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Cache ID: 216:590:103

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