SB2016070406 - Cross-site scripting in IBM Cognos Business Intelligence Server
Published: July 4, 2016 Updated: July 12, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2016070406
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-0221)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to conduct cross-site scripting attacks.The vulnerability exists due to improper validation of user-supplied input. A remote unauthenticated attacker can steal the victim's cookie-based authentication credentials by creating specially-crafted URL to execute script in a victim's web browser.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.