CVE-2021-38903

IBM Cognos Analytics

MEDIUM 5.4

At a glance

Source: NVD
EPSS: EPSS 0.97 % · percentile 62 (2026-10-28)
State: PUBLISHED
Published: 2022-04-22 16:30 UTC
Updated: 2024-09-16 19:57 UTC
Assigner: ibm
NVD status: Modified

Description

IBM Cognos Analytics 11.1.7, 11.2.0, and 11.1.7 is vulnerable to 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 URL is clicked. An attacker could use this vulnerability to steal the victim's cookie-based authentication credentials. IBM X-Force ID: 209691.

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-79 — Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

Scores

Version	Score	Vector	Scored by
CVSS 3.0	MEDIUM 5.4	CVSS:3.0/AC:L/S:C/C:L/UI:R/A:N/I:L/PR:L/AV:N/RC:C/E:H/RL:O	ibm
CVSS 3.1	MEDIUM 5.4	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N	NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
CVSS 3.0	MEDIUM 5.4	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N	NVD · psirt@us.ibm.com (Secondary)
CVSS 2.0	LOW 3.5	AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N	NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

European references

ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2021-25340
GCVE · GCVE-0-2021-38903

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_analytics:11.1.7:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_analytics:11.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_analytics:11.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:netapp:oncommand_insight:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Affected products

Product	Versions
IBM · Cognos Analytics	affected 11.2.0 ; affected 11.1.7 ; affected 11.2.1

Sources

Source	Licence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)	CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)	FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVD	ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds	Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD