CVE-2024-25042Network attack vector

Browser script execution via unvalidated Exploration headings

Published Dec 18, 2024 · Updated Dec 18, 2024

XSS in IBM Cognos Analytics 11.2.0 through 11.2.4 and 12.0.0 through 12.0.3 allows remote authenticated users to execute browser script. Cognos Explorations fails to validate column-heading content before rendering it in a user's browser, allowing attacker-supplied script to enter the page. A low-privilege session and user interaction are required; execution is confined to the victim's browser context and can read or alter accessible page data.

CVSS severity5.4
Medium
EPSS probability0.27%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

XSS in IBM Cognos Analytics 11.2.0 through 11.2.4 and 12.0.0 through 12.0.3 allows remote authenticated users to execute browser script. Cognos Explorations fails to validate column-heading content before rendering it in a user's browser, allowing attacker-supplied script to enter the page. A low-privilege session and user interaction are required; execution is confined to the victim's browser context and can read or alter accessible page data.

The record

CVE
CVE-2024-25042
Published
Dec 18, 2024
Updated
Dec 18, 2024
Vendor
IBM
Product
Cognos Analytics
Classifications
CWE-79, T1203
Attack vector
network
Privileges
authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Dec 18, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Dec 18, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=11.2.0 <=11.2.4
  2. Affected versionversion=12.0.0 <=12.0.3

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectornetwork
Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

IBM · Cognos Analyticsversion=11.2.0 <=11.2.4; version=12.0.0 <=12.0.3

Published CVSS scores

6.1NIST NVDCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
5.4IBM X-ForceCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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Attacks

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectornetwork
Privilegesauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
T1203Exploitation for Client Execution

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